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Re:The Vintage Beauty of Soviet Control Rooms (2018) by new2628 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @05:33PM (#23342959)
They don't necessarily get uglier, as many are insulated/painted/renovated/etc. and become quite presentable, especially if they become a bit more individualized.

But one thing that is noticeable that blocks built earlier (50s/60s) are usually better than those built later (70s/80s). Better quality material, more thought to living spaces around them, playgrounds, etc.

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Re:The Vintage Beauty of Soviet Control Rooms (2018) by sterlind on Thursday May 28, 2020 @06:53PM (#23343962)
Sad to see the decline. I still don't fully understand - what went so wrong after Khrushchev? Did the leaders just get too old and they couldn't trust new blood in the upper echelons of the party?

(Note: obviously things were bad before Khrushchev too - Stalin was horrible and committed genocide, but he was more purgy and less stagnant than Brezhnev and Andropov)

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Re:The Vintage Beauty of Soviet Control Rooms (2018) by ajuc on Friday May 29, 2020 @08:32AM (#23349182)
Industrialization was the fuel. Once it run out the inefficient system couldn't keep working.
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