Moscow, Russia - Neighbourhood in Moscow with Khrushchyovka buildings (typical USSR Apartment Building) in Moscow, also known as Khrushen buildings. Let's walk around Moscow, Russia, in a neighborhood with many Khrushchyovka buildings, our walk will including a look inside one of the 'Khrushchev' buildings, the so called Khrushchyovka buildings. The panel buildings called 'Khrushchyovka' are found in great numbers all over the former Soviet Union. They were originally considered to be temporary housing until the housing shortage could be alleviated by mature Communism, which would not have any shortages.
Khrushchyovka is an unofficial name of a type of low-cost, concrete-paneled or brick three- to five-storied apartment building which was developed in the Soviet Union during the early 1960s, during the time its namesake Nikita Khrushchev directed the Soviet government.

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