This is widely repeated and only partially true. Prior to WW2, the Eastern Block was mostly preindustrial, meaning 90%ish of people lived rural peasant lives in rural areas and rural housing. They literally had to build housing in cities for half of the population of the eastern block, and they successfully did it in record time.
This is widely repeated and only partially true. Prior to WW2, the Eastern Block was mostly preindustrial, meaning 90%ish of people lived rural peasant lives in rural areas and rural housing. They literally had to build housing in cities for half of the population of the eastern block, and they successfully did it in record time.