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Buy Ilya Varlamov's guidebooks: https://vrlmv.com/mBNYoo Today I will reveal to you the secret of free housing in the USSR - was it real or is it all a myth? When and why did mass urban development begin? How much money was allocated to build a meter of housing in the Soviet Union, and how much in Germany? Was Soviet quality really good? Why were free apartments given out and were they really free? And why was the whole country built up with nine-story buildings? Free housing in the USSR: truth or myth? • Free housing in the USSR: truth or myth? Closed telegram channel Varlamov +: https://vrlmv.com/OfPC11 My main channel: / ivarlamov My second channel Varlamov News: / @varlamov_news Support the channel: Boosty (if you are in Russia): Patreon (if you are not in Russia): https://vrlmv.com/4acT9L Sponsorship on YouTube (if you are not in Russia): https://vrlmv.com/JK486h Other ways: https://vrlmv.com/donation Timecodes: 00:00 Free housing in the USSR 06:08 Living conditions in barracks 11:54 Capital stone houses 15:27 Quality of housing and living conditions 20:27 Khrushchev-era buildings and their shortcomings 24:15 Destruction of a Soviet house 26:00 Limitation of 9 floors 27:51 Nostalgia for Soviet times