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Re:Hallmarks of Soviet postwar building boom are finally mee... by sn41 on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @10:27PM (#14145003)
What I heard in Moscow is that Khrushchev was impressed by the new-style architecture in Cuba, and imported the style to Moscow. It sounded like the reverse of what you say.
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Re:Hallmarks of Soviet postwar building boom are finally mee... by vasilia on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @10:38PM (#14145043)
Of course not. Khrushchev started mass construction of series buildings. That means that all buildings in Chertanovo(Moscow) look like any other building in Voronezh. They're really uncomfortable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khrushchyovka
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Re:Hallmarks of Soviet postwar building boom are finally mee... by pavel_lishin on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @11:28PM (#14145243)
Wait, shit, did I grow up in one? Serious question - I always imagined them as mostly built out of large concrete blocks, but all the examples there look like slightly shorter versions of my family's apartment in Moscow: http://i.imgur.com/dL34whm.jpg

It's not five stories, though.

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Re:Hallmarks of Soviet postwar building boom are finally mee... by kolokolo on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @12:51AM (#14145505)
That's "Plattenbau", a much later invention. Khruschevkas were built using traditional technology onsite, plattenbau is prefabricated and assembled in a fraction of time.
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