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Faded Red Paradise: Welfare and the Soviet City after 1953

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Smith, Mark B 

Abstract

jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pThe provision of social welfare and the shape of the Soviet city profoundly influenced each other, especially in the post-Stalin period. This article explores the relationship between welfare and city in the USSR after 1953 by focusing on four particular urban or exurban spaces: the company town, the microdistrict, the pensions office and the city's rural hinterland. After the ideological visions of the Khrushchev era faded, welfare moved even closer to the heart of Soviet urban life. It determined some of the contours of urban form, while the resulting urban spaces contributed fundamentally to the way that people understood Soviet power and the nature of their citizenship.</jats:p>

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Keywords

4303 Historical Studies, 43 History, Heritage and Archaeology, 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Journal Title

CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN HISTORY

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Journal ISSN

0960-7773
1469-2171

Volume Title

24

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)