Category:Khrushchev houses

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One of Premier Khrushchev's goal was to make modern apartments available to as many Soviet families as possible, as quickly at possible. To achieve that goal, the rate of housing construction was increased significantly compared to Stalin's era -- at the cost of getting rid of "architectural excesses" (anything non-utilitarian), using simpler floor plans and cheaper materials and construction methods, both in housing development and in public buildings. The iconic Khrushchoba (Хрущоба: "a Khrushchov's slum") is a cheaply built five-story building with 80 apartment, common in the 1960s-built neighborhoods all over Russia. In Moscow, such buildings are now (2000s) being demolished to make way for higher-value developments.