rural Housing Flashcards
Tsars [1855-1917]
Rural Housing
Izba
(1 room hut)
incl oven and a sleep platform
cheap
wood (fire risk)
cold
damp
rural conditions dont change in Tsardom
350000 deaths due to disease in rural poor housing and Famine under ALEXANDER III
Prov Gov [Feb-Oct 1917]
Rural Housing
The Peasnts took land from Land owners as Prov Gov took too long to create a Constituent assembly and discuss the land question
this resulted in soldiers deserting to make sure they got some cool land too
Lenin [1917-24]
Rural Housing
Poor Housing
Rural Death by Disease during Lenin and Stalin = 3 million
Kulaks were sent to Barracks or tents in a Field?
Stalin [1929-53]
Rural Housing
Rural Death by Disease in Lenin and Stalin = 3 million
Stalin creatwd specialised housing blocks on collective farms
they were cheap and quick to make
but they were crowded and leulthissnss??
Khrushchev [1953-64]
Rural Housing
Created self Contained Agro-Towns
cheap and had health issues
you see they realised peasnts just wanted land and to be left alone
+ VLS created 300,000 homes
for peasents who emmigrated to the rural areas in Kasakstan and Siberia
Rural housing Links in Russia
Peasant housing remains as cheap wooden shacks throughout the period from the izba in Alexander II to the agro towns under Khrushchev