What is the difference between "Khrushchevka" and "Brezhnevka", "Stalinka": characteristics, pluses and minuses of apartments

In the secondary housing market in most Russian cities, "reign" three types of apartments: "Stalinka", "Khrushchev" and "Brezhnevka." It is important for those interested in selling or buying these premises to clearly see the differences between them, and also to know the key advantages and disadvantages of such apartments.

Main types of apartments

Before you know what distinguishes the "Brezhnevka" from "Khrushchev" and "Stalin", we will analyze all the main types of apartments in Russia:

• Stalin's apartments. Living quarters in the houses built during the reign of JV Stalin - in 1930-1940.
• "Khrushchev". Apartments in brick or panel houses, massively built in 1950-1960.
• Brezhnevki. Typical apartments in high-rise buildings, erected in the 1960-1980.
• "Improved". Apartments of improved planning in the houses of the 1980s. They differed in the increased area, separate bathroom, spacious kitchen and balconies (loggias); In the house there was a garbage disposal, an elevator.
• Modern monolithic houses. Spacious apartments of a free lay-out, with a various height of ceilings, with strong and durable walls.
• Apartments in modern panel and block houses.

In order to understand what distinguishes the "Khrushchev" from "breeches" or "stalinka", we briefly characterize each group of apartments.

"Stalinka": spaciousness and high ceilings

Stalin's houses are in some way also beautiful creations in the spirit of neoclassicism in the height of 2-5 floors. The main material for them served as a brick (white, red), which was covered with plaster during the finishing stage. An interesting point: in pre-war "stalinka" concrete were only floors of the first floor and the ceiling of the last floor, and the interior ceilings were wooden. In the post-war homes, all the ceilings were made of reinforced concrete.

"Stalinki" - this is mostly multi-room apartments (3-4 rooms), very rarely among them there are one-, two-room. The premises are well-proportioned, spacious kitchens and hallways, isolated from each other rooms, in some cases, balconies. But most of all "stalinka" is valued for height of ceilings - 2,8-3,2 m.

Khrushchevka: small but own

Continuing to talk about what distinguishes the "Khrushchev" from the "breve", let us analyze the characteristics of the premises built in the reign of Stalin's successor. The motto for the construction of residential buildings, which was launched in 1955 by the resolution "On the development of housing construction in the Soviet Union", was the slogan: "To each family - small, but their own housing!"

"Khrushchev" - a typical brick or panel houses in 3-5 floors, with low ceilings (2.5 m), without access to amenities (elevator and toilet). Architectural value of such buildings did not represent - they were built only to eliminate the housing deficit. One and two-bedroom apartments differed by weak soundproofing, the presence of adjacent non-insulated rooms, a small combined bathroom.

Brezhnevki: improved high-rise buildings

What distinguishes the "Khrushchev" from the "brezhnevka", the photo eloquently shows: the houses of the era of Leonid Ilyich are already high-rise buildings of 5-14 floors. All of them were built, changed, modernized according to one document - the Unified Catalog of Building Parts. "Brezhnevki" and became in many respects prototypes of modern comfortable new buildings. The layout of such apartments has significantly improved, garbage chutes and elevators have appeared in the entrances, and stair flights and platforms have become more spacious.

Inside the apartment Brezhnev era you can see already separate bathroom and restroom, waterproofing in bathrooms, a large area of rooms. However, all the same close kitchen, corridor and sanitary facilities remained. Here, in fact, that's all. Now you know what distinguishes the "Khrushchev" from the "breve" in the layout.

Clear Advantages

Like everything else, the above apartments have their pros and cons. In order to have a complete idea of the differences between the "Khrushchevka" apartment and the "Brezhnevka" and "Stalinka", let us consider all their advantages:

• "Stalinki": a good location (in most cities such apartments are in the center), spacious layout, high ceilings, excellent heat and sound insulation, large windows, isolated rooms, warm and dry brick houses, flat walls and ceilings.
• "Khrushchev": price accessibility, location if not in the center, then in an area with a fairly well-developed infrastructure.
• "Brezhnevki": isolated rooms, good location in the city, the presence of a lift and a garbage chute, a convenient layout, the relative "youth" of the building, in panel houses - perfectly flat walls and ceiling.

Important shortcomings

To fully understand what distinguishes the "Khrushchev" from "brezhnevka" and "stalinka", we will get acquainted with the repulsive characteristics of such apartments:

• "Stalinki": the first floors are guaranteed to be deprived of loggias and balconies (not counting the self-activity of the previous owners), unreliable overlaps, high cost of the apartment itself and repair there, tangible wear of both the building and its communications, lack of modern infrastructure - elevator, garbage, Underground parking, etc.
• "Khrushchevka": high degree of wear, the possibility of cracks and fungus appearing on the walls, low ceilings (2.5 m), a noticeably weak soundproofing, poor thermal insulation (hot in summer and cold in winter), adjacent or communicating rooms, uncomfortable narrow corridors and stairways Cages, small kitchens and rooms, a combined bathroom, the recommended service life of the building is 25 years.
• "Brezhnevki": small kitchens, walls that require frequent repairs (leaks in the outer walls, divided seams in the interior), there is no elevator in the 5-floors, because of the batteries built into the wall it is cold in winter, because of the subsidence of the concrete, the floor becomes noticeably uneven .

Thus, "stalinkas" are the most expensive, but also less in demand. "Khrushchev" and "breeches" find a buyer faster, attracting their accessibility. In this case, all varieties of secondary housing have a large list of advantages and disadvantages.