The causes of the housing crisis in the cities in the first decade after the establishment of Soviet power

  • Iuliia A. Mikulenok North-Caucasian Branch of the Russian State University of Justice, 187 Levanevskogo Street, 1 building, Krasnodar 350002, Russia

Abstract

The article examines the reasons of the housing crisis in the first decade after the establishment of Soviet power. Also attention is paid to the main reasons of the «housing hunger» such as population growth in cities, absence of the mass civil engineering, the Civil War consequences and a new local housing policy of the government. The article analyses a new housing policy of the Soviet authorities and its influence on the «housing hunger» growth. Data from central and regional archives were used as factual material.

Author Biography

Iuliia A. Mikulenok, North-Caucasian Branch of the Russian State University of Justice, 187 Levanevskogo Street, 1 building, Krasnodar 350002, Russia

PhD (history); lecturer at the department of general education, faculty of continuing education

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Published
2018-04-27
Keywords: NEP, housing crisis, housing issue, new housing policy
How to Cite
Mikulenok I. A. The causes of the housing crisis in the cities in the first decade after the establishment of Soviet power // Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 2018. 2. PP. 105-110.