Contemporary Russian architecture/housing structure

[Jane Costlow]

Olga,

I'm actually working on readings for a course on place and senses of 
identity this fall - and while I haven't yet read it, there's a chapter 
in Caroline Humphrey's The Unmaking of Soviet Life that looks quite 
promising:  "The Villas of the New Russians: A Sketch of Consumption and 
Cultural Identity in post-Soviet Landscapes". (pub. 2002)

Blaire Ruble also has very interesting material on city planning and 
khrushcheby.  You might also look at the wonderful website on Soviet 
History, Seventeen Moments - which includes video clips about the 
construction of panel'nye doma, and some Soviet cartoons, increasingly 
disaffected with the housing.  http://www.soviethistory.org/  (Look at 
1956: Housing Construction under Khrushchev.)

Jane Costlow

Olga Livshin wrote:
> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> Could anybody suggest a good secondary source in English concerning post-Perestroika architecture and/or the structure of typical contemporary Russian apartments and/or private houses? (I am asking about English sources because this is intended as reading for undergraduates who have not mastered Russian yet). A website with general information on this subject and interesting images would also be of interest. Thank you very much for your help.
>
> Best wishes,
> Olga Livshin
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