In 1961, Khrushchev declared that even if the USSR was behind the West, within a decade its housing shortage would disappear, consumer goods would be abundant, and within two decades, the "construction of a communist society" in the USSR would be completed "in the main".
Tahun 1961, Khrushchev menyatakan: "bahkan jika Uni Soviet berada di belakang Barat, dalam satu dekade kekurangan perumahan akan lenyap, barang-barang konsumsi akan melimpah, dan dalam dua dekade, pembangunan masyarakat komunis di Uni Soviet akan selesai".