Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I ngā tau 1920 me ngā tau 1930, i whakahoutia ngā rohe rawakore ki ngā tāone kua whakaritea. I tipu te hoahoanga hangahanga i taua wa. Ko te nohoanga i riro hei taonga i tohaina e te kawanatanga; he maha nga whare "bourgeois" he nui rawa atu na te maha o nga whanau i tohaina ki nga whare e kiia ana ko "komunal" ("kommunalkas"). I nga tau 1930, 68% o te taupori e noho ana i roto i taua whare. I te tau 1935 i whakaahuatia he mahere whānui hou, kia whakawhānuihia te taone ki te tonga. I whakakahoretia te hanganga hei painga mo te hoahoanga Stalinist nui ake. I te nekehanga atu o te taone nui mai i te rohe ki a Finland, i whakaaetia e Stalin he mahere hei hanga i tetahi whare taone hou me tetahi papa nui e tata ana ki te pito tonga o Moskovsky Prospekt, i tohua hei huarahi nui hou o Leningrad. I muri i te pakanga o te Winter (Soviet-Finnish)
I te tau 1939-1940, ka neke te rohe o te Soviet-Finnish ki te raki. Ko Nevsky Prospekt me Palace Square i mau tonu nga mahi me te mahi o te taone nui.