{"id":6228,"date":"2013-08-14T12:23:38","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T11:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=6228"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:58:47","slug":"soviet-era-apartment-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2013\/soviet-era-apartment-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Soviet era apartment block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always had a fascination with how things worked in the Soviet Union. The massive attempts of economies of scale attempted by the Soviet Union are something rarely seen in the western world. I recently had the privilege of seeing inside an old school stereotypical Soviet era apartment block in Cluj-Napoca. There wasn&#8217;t much to see beyond a drab interior stairwell and an equally uninteresting building front. It did made me feel a little like being inside the old Soviet buildings in the Pripyat sections of &#8220;Call of Duty 4&#8221; though.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike their western counterparts, the Soviets had less need to impress with their architectural skills and so this style of housing made a lot of sense. Cheap, well built accommodation which will last. 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