The Leningrad blockade is a tragic event that completely turned the fate and lives of the townspeople. By its scale, all this overshadowed the issue of real estate of people who left it under the influence of compelling circumstances. After returning from evacuation, people could not get into their apartments, and there were reasons for this.
1. The crisis in the housing sector
Even before the blockade was completely lifted, towards the end of 1943, the re-evacuation of Leningraders began. It was quite difficult to return to the city. It was closed until mid-1946. A person needed to receive an answer to a request from the authorities or a “challenge” of an organization, an enterprise. If there was no such document, then the person should have been evicted from Leningrad within 24 hours. This is the decision made by the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council. According to historians, this is due to the fact that local specialists were required in other regions of the state. Well, the returnees had to go through another serious problem, only this time it was connected with the housing issue.
For all the time the blockade lasted, the Germans dropped 150,000 shells on the city. The bombing damaged 7,143 different buildings. 3,174 were completely destroyed. As a result, 5,000,000 square meters were destroyed. m. living space. Those who lost their homes as a result of the bombing or fire were relocated to neighboring, temporarily abandoned apartments or to the homes of those who died.
2. Returning home
In 1944, the executive committee promulgated the rules according to which those who returned to the city had to act. After arriving, the person was obliged to first register with the police and then receive a warrant for the living space within ten days. Provided that someone already lives in the apartment, it could be returned only through the courts.
Most people agreed to everything. They lived in barracks awaiting the restoration of their houses. After going through many trials and remaining alive, people rejoiced that they survived, and did not die, like many, from hunger. Some have attempted to assert their own housing rights. In 1945, 150,000 cases were registered when Leningraders turned to lawyers for advice. If the issue was controversial, the house manager was in charge of settling it. Naturally, under such conditions, bribery was widespread.
The blockade had privileges over those who returned from evacuation. A person who moved in before 1943-01-07 due to the destruction of his home turned into a full-fledged owner of a new apartment. The legislation was so confusing that the former owners had almost no chance of returning the apartment.
3. "Redistribution"
Taking advantage of this whole situation, representatives of the upper strata of the population of Leningrad took over the best real estate. The apartments of those who were evacuated were occupied by senior officials, as well as their relatives.
The seizure of real estate was carried out in different ways. One of them is taking part in the “restoration” of the home. For the apartment he liked, the official was given a certain bribe to be recognized as emergency. Fictitiously, a person made repairs, and then moved in quite legally. In connection with these machinations, since March 29, 1945, contracts with private traders for the restoration of residential-type premises were canceled. Only by the mid-fifties of the last century, the Leningrad housing stock was fully restored.
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