Soviet housing: who built what and when? The case of Daugavpils,Latvia |
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Authors: | Michael Gentile
rjan Sjberg |
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Institution: | a Umeå University, Department of Social and Economic Geography, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden;b Södertörn University, Stockholm Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, SE-14189 Huddinge, Sweden;c Stockholm School of Economics, P.O. Box 6501, SE-113 83 Stockholm, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Throughout much of the Soviet period, access to housing was a major consideration, both for individual citizens and employers intent on increasing their number of employees. Because of the heavy emphasis on industry, and despite the progress made within the area since the late 1950s, Soviet urban residential provision never managed to fully recover from the acute housing shortage that characterized the Stalin years. In this paper, we address the quantitative side of housing construction during the socialist era. Using the mid-sized diversified industrial town of Daugavpils (Latvia) as a case study, we set out to investigate the extent to which employers were involved in decisions concerning housing provision. To do this, we consult a large volume of archival records, our focus being on documents tracing entries indicating that new living quarters were ready and could be allocated to employees of sponsoring organizations and enterprises. |
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Keywords: | Housing Latvia Soviet Union Socialist enterprises |
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