Title: The hazards of urban life in late Stalinist Russia
Description: "This is the first detailed study of the standard of living of ordinary Russians following World War II. It examines urban living conditions under the Stalinist regime with a focus on the key issues of sanitation, access to safe water supplies, personal hygiene and anti-epidemic controls, diet and nutrition, and infant mortality. Comparing five key industrial regions, it shows that living conditions still lagged some fifty years behind Western European norms. Yet, despite this, the book reveals that the years preceding Stalin's death saw dramatic improvements in mortality rates thanks to the application of rigorous public health controls and Western medical innovations. While tracing these changes, the book also analyzes the impact that the absence of an adequate urban infrastructure had on peoples' daily lives and on the relationship between the Stalinist regime and the Russian people and, finally, how the Soviet experience compared to that of earlier industrializing societies"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Urban sanitation, Quality of life, Industrialization, Hygiene, Social conditions, Urban health, Medical policy, City and town life, History, Sanitation, Soviet union, social conditions, Soviet union, history, 1925-1953, Statistics, Communicable Disease Control, Diet, History, 20th Century, Water Supply, Health aspects
Places: Soviet Union
Time periods: 1925-1953