Russia’s Soviet-era buildings being torn down
Cheap apartment blocks built in Soviet Union years to solve a housing problems have outlived their intended life span.
Published On 2 Aug 2014
Moscow’s cheap apartment blocks called Khrushchevki are slowly disappearing.
They were built across the former Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s to try and solve a housing crisis.
The buildings have outlived their intended life span.
Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands reports from Moscow.
Source: Al Jazeera