LEADER 04427nam 2200697 450 001 9910460627103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-0183-5 010 $a1-5017-0184-3 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501701849 035 $a(CKB)3710000000497183 035 $a(EBL)4189256 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001562736 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16211275 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001562736 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13822627 035 $a(PQKB)10152446 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001516504 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4189256 035 $a(OCoLC)927444469 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46817 035 $a(DE-B1597)478581 035 $a(OCoLC)979760276 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501701849 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000497183 100 $a20151228h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStories of house and home $eSoviet apartment life during the Khrushchev years /$fChristine Varga-Harris 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2015. 210 4$d©2015 215 $a1 online resource (310 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8014-5307-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tGlossary --$tNote on Transliteration --$tIntroduction: Kommunalki, Khrushchëvki --$t1. Building a Socialist Home Befitting the Space Age --$t2. Foundations: Revolution Realized --$t3. Interior Spaces: Building the Socialist Person from Within --$t4. Liminal Places: Corridors, Courtyards, and Reviving Socialist Society --$t5. The Quest for Normalcy: Coming Home, Settling Down, Moving Forward --$t6. Constructing Soviet Identity and Reviving Socialism on the Home Front --$tConclusion: Beyond the Housing Campaign that "Shook the World" --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aStories of House and Home is a social and cultural history of the massive construction campaign that Khrushchev instituted in 1957 to resolve the housing crisis in the Soviet Union and to provide each family its own apartment. Decent housing was deemed the key to a healthy, productive home life, which was essential to the realization of socialist collectivism. Drawing on archival materials, as well as memoirs, fiction, and the Soviet press, Christine Varga-Harris shows how the many aspects of this enormous state initiative-from neighborhood planning to interior design-sought to alleviate crowded, undignified living conditions and sculpt residents into ideal Soviet citizens. She also details how individual interests intersected with official objectives for Soviet society during the Thaw, a period characterized by both liberalization and vigilance in everyday life. Set against the backdrop of the widespread transition from communal to one-family living, Stories of House and Home explores the daily experiences and aspirations of Soviet citizens who were granted new apartments and those who continued to inhabit the old housing stock due to the chronic problems that beset the housing program. Varga-Harris analyzes the contradictions apparent in heroic advances and seemingly inexplicable delays in construction, model apartments boasting modern conveniences and decrepit dwellings, happy housewarmings and disappointing moves, and new residents and individuals requesting to exchange old apartments. She also reveals how Soviet citizens identified with the state and with the broader project of building socialism. 606 $aHousing$zSoviet Union 606 $aApartments$zSoviet Union 606 $aCommunism and architecture$zSoviet Union 606 $aArchitecture, Domestic$xPolitical aspects$zSoviet Union 606 $aArchitecture and state$zSoviet Union 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHousing 615 0$aApartments 615 0$aCommunism and architecture 615 0$aArchitecture, Domestic$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aArchitecture and state 676 $a728.0947 686 $aNQ 8302$2rvk 700 $aVarga-Harris$b Christine$01048254 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460627103321 996 $aStories of house and home$92476441 997 $aUNINA