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    The data on where most Russians live was got from Russian national public opinion poll in June, 2009. 1.5 thousand respondents at the age from 18 years old from 7 Federal districts participated in the enquiry.

    * More than 60% of people lives in apartment buildings;

    * 20% of people live in detached houses, cottages, in a part of above mentioned or in "warm” dachas;

    * Municipal housing is primary for 10.5% of people;

    * 5.5% rents a flat, room, or a house.

    Russians possess:

    * 2-3 room flats (exceed 70% of people)

    * Single room flats (15.3%)

    * 4 and more than 4 room flats (not exceed 10%).

    The types of apartment buildings in Russia:

    * Buildings made out of bricks

    The technology of "clean brick” was always very popular as brick is a time-proved material and its characteristics are well-known. The buildings have been built only from bricks for a long time, such construction is a hard and long one. Up to this day buildings made out of bricks are considered the housing of enhanced comfort.

    Advantages: Lasting quality, heat resistance, installation convenience – resulting from consumer appeal of bricks.

    Disadvantages result from the construction year of the building and the type of the building itself.

    The types of bricks buildings:

    1. Old fund (pre-war and pre-revolution buildings), year built: the end of the 19th century- 1940;

    2. Neo-classical Stalin-era buildings ("Stalinka”), year built: the middle of 30-es – 1960;

    3. Khrushchev-era apartments ("Khrushchevka”), year built: 1956-1985;

    4. Special design buildings, year built: 70-es – present days.

    * Apartment buildings of bearing-wall construction

    This type of buildings is the most common in Russian cities. Exterior walls of apartment buildings of bearing-wall construction are concrete or haydite concrete slabs fronted with ceramic tiles. As a rule these buildings are of 5 - 16 floors, with room height 2.50 -3.20 m and kitchens from 6 sq.m. We divide them into "old apartment buildings of bearing-wall construction”, "new apartment buildings of bearing-wall construction” and solid-cast apartment buildings of bearing-wall construction.

    The types of apartment buildings of bearing-wall construction:

    1. Old apartment buildings of bearing-wall construction

    a. Khrushchev-era apartments ("Khrushchevka”);

    b. Brezhnev-era apartments ("Brezhnevka”);

    c. Bedsits ("Gostinka”);

    d. "Ships”

    2. New apartment buildings of bearing-wall construction

    3. Solid-cast apartment buildings of bearing-wall construction.

    * Solid-cast brick-built buildings.
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