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With the advent of the Khrushchev era there was a drastic reverse shift to the utter deprivation of creative expression. It was understandable in view of the fact that the relatively progressive Soviet leader spearheaded a radical cost cutting crusade, kicking off an ambitious project of erecting cheap 5-story shacks with 2.50 m ceilings that people dubbed “khrushchoba”, cross-breeding Khrushchov’s second name and the Russian word “slum”.