they were designed to provide housing for 20 million people and they had to be completed in 5 years. what the fuck do you expect? of course they'll be spartan, they were pumping out a new apartment complex weekly. it has nothing to do with ideology, they were designed to fill a need. architecture built before and after them is proof of that. modern russian apartments are no different from their western counterparts and stalinkas were designed to be appealing despite being made by le ebil gommies.
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