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THE WORKERS VILLAGE OF SOLIKAMSK SULPHITE PULPING MILL IN THE LATE 1930s - EARLY 1940s: A STUDY EXPERIENCE
During the years of the first Soviet five-year plans, from the late 1920s to the early 1940s, a network of residential settlements was actively built for the timber industry. In the second half of the 1930s, the construction of pulp and paper enterprises was accompanied by the construction of workers settlements with wooden apartment houses as the main way to solve the housing problem. In recent years, these houses have been disappearing due to their classification as unfit for residence. Currently, it appears important to explore experiences in the construction of wooden apartment houses from the perspective of the history of economics and architecture and in connection with active expansion of wooden housing construction in the Russian Federation. The workers village of the Solikamsk sulphite pulping mill (in the north of the modern Perm Krai) built in the second half of the 1930s - early 1940s is an appropriate example. Materials from Solikamsk city archive, field research data, Yandex Maps and the Housing and Utilities Reform online resource has enabled a comprehensive study of the village to be carried out. The workers village included one-story wooden houses for engineering staff and two-story wooden houses for other personnel combined in blocks. Almost all of the construction work including site improvements had been completed by the start of operation of the enterprise. The field study has revealed that most of the workers village has been preserved to date, and the houses are occupied. The plan and buildings of the Solikamsk sulphite pulping mill’s settlement were found to have many features of the “Socialist City” concept. Construction of buildings in wood, social and welfare institutions, improvements, and preserved planting contributed to the formation of an attractive appearance, and the settlement gave origin to the city of Solikamsk, having turned into one of its boroughs.
THE WORKERS VILLAGE OF SOLIKAMSK SULPHITE PULPING MILL IN THE LATE 1930s - EARLY 1940s: A STUDY EXPERIENCE
During the years of the first Soviet five-year plans, from the late 1920s to the early 1940s, a network of residential settlements was actively built for the timber industry. In the second half of the 1930s, the construction of pulp and paper enterprises was accompanied by the construction of workers settlements with wooden apartment houses as the main way to solve the housing problem. In recent years, these houses have been disappearing due to their classification as unfit for residence. Currently, it appears important to explore experiences in the construction of wooden apartment houses from the perspective of the history of economics and architecture and in connection with active expansion of wooden housing construction in the Russian Federation. The workers village of the Solikamsk sulphite pulping mill (in the north of the modern Perm Krai) built in the second half of the 1930s - early 1940s is an appropriate example. Materials from Solikamsk city archive, field research data, Yandex Maps and the Housing and Utilities Reform online resource has enabled a comprehensive study of the village to be carried out. The workers village included one-story wooden houses for engineering staff and two-story wooden houses for other personnel combined in blocks. Almost all of the construction work including site improvements had been completed by the start of operation of the enterprise. The field study has revealed that most of the workers village has been preserved to date, and the houses are occupied. The plan and buildings of the Solikamsk sulphite pulping mill’s settlement were found to have many features of the “Socialist City” concept. Construction of buildings in wood, social and welfare institutions, improvements, and preserved planting contributed to the formation of an attractive appearance, and the settlement gave origin to the city of Solikamsk, having turned into one of its boroughs.
THE WORKERS VILLAGE OF SOLIKAMSK SULPHITE PULPING MILL IN THE LATE 1930s - EARLY 1940s: A STUDY EXPERIENCE
Zykin Ivan V. (author)
2021
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