Brezhnevka

A brezhnevka (Russian: брежневка) is a concrete apartment building that was built in the Soviet Union from 1964–1980 under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev, after whom the building type is named.

As the needs of the population increased, so did the need to build higher-capacity housing.

[2] Unlike the five-story khrushchevka that precedes it, the brezhnevka contains nine to seventeen stories.

In the early version of the brezhnevka, the bathroom and toilet were combined.

The staircases are wider than those of earlier Soviet apartments.