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World Service,4 mins

The Soviet blocks waiting for the wrecking ball

The Fifth Floor

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Cramped, drab and smelly - Russia's Soviet-era apartment blocks or Krushchyovkas are no longer dream homes for the masses. In Moscow, hundreds have been demolished, and now thousands more are scheduled for destruction. Oleg Boldyrev of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Russian shares memories of 'his' Krushchyovka. Picture: Soviet-era block next to modern apartments. Credit: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½

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