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This book explores the housing problem throughout the seventy years of Soviet history. It looks at changing political ideology on appropriate forms of housing under socialism, successive government policies on housing, and the meaning and experience of 'home' for Soviet citizens. -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction
1 New byt, new woman, new forms of housing
2 The new economic policy
3 Housing cooperatives
4 Communes, hostels and barracks
5 The 'Second Socialist Offensive'
6 The retreat from new byt.
7 Communal living by default
8 The Great Patriotic War and its aftermath
9 The Khrushchev era: 'To every family its own apartment'
10 The Brezhnev year.
11 The Gorbachev era: The end of a Socialist housing policy
12 Personal tales
Conclusion
Index

Gender and Housing in Soviet Russia

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 3/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719081453, 978-0719081453
      ISBN10: 0719081459

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book explores the housing problem throughout the seventy years of Soviet history. It looks at changing political ideology on appropriate forms of housing under socialism, successive government policies on housing, and the meaning and experience of 'home' for Soviet citizens. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1 New byt, new woman, new forms of housing
      2 The new economic policy
      3 Housing cooperatives
      4 Communes, hostels and barracks
      5 The 'Second Socialist Offensive'
      6 The retreat from new byt.
      7 Communal living by default
      8 The Great Patriotic War and its aftermath
      9 The Khrushchev era: 'To every family its own apartment'
      10 The Brezhnev year.
      11 The Gorbachev era: The end of a Socialist housing policy
      12 Personal tales
      Conclusion
      Index

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