Post-War Residential Architecture in Stalingrad: City Restoration

Abstract

This article examines housing construction processes in the post-war period in Stalingrad. The authors assess the conditions that hampered the restoration of the urban structure, including the complete lack of housing despite a rapidly growing population. They also highlight the authorities' strategies for addressing the housing problem, including the conversion of dugouts and pillboxes into housing. Based on their analysis, the authors identify the main trends in post-war housing construction: the restoration of surviving building shells, the construction of low-rise settlements near industrial enterprises, individual housing construction and the Cherkasovskoe movement, as well as the capital construction of multi-apartment residential buildings that began in 1945. The study identifies the architectural, structural, and typological features of residential development in Stalingrad, and addresses issues of urban zoning for housing construction within the city's planning framework.