khrushchevka

English

Etymology

Russian хрущёвка (xruščóvka), named after Nikita Khrushchev, former leader of the Soviet Union.

Noun

khrushchevka (plural khrushchevkas)

  1. A kind of low-cost apartment building constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s.
  2. An individual apartment in such a building.

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