Rather, entirely new cities were constructed along the principles of Soviet Socialism.
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Oftentimes, destroyed cites were not rebuilt as they were before. Secondly, the man-power and expertise for developing urban plans in great numbers were not available. Firstly, reconstruction had to start immediately as there was not enough time to develop a detailed plan. In most cases, this reconstruction was executed without any urban planning for several reasons. Therefore, for the first ten to fifteen years, most resources were directed towards the development of industry and the reconstruction of destroyed cities. The housing developments generally feature tower blocks in park-like settings, standardized and mass-produced using structural insulated panels within a short period of time. Soviet-style cities are often traced to Modernist ideas in architecture such as those of Le Corbusier and his plans for Paris.
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The communist planning resulted in the virtually identical city blocks being erected across many nations, even if there were differences in the specifics between each country. Most socialist systems exercised a form of centrally controlled development and simplified methods of construction outlined in the Soviet guidelines already at the end of the Stalinist period. This thinking was reflected in the urban design of all communist countries. Unlike the urban development in the Western countries, Soviet-style planning often called for the complete redesigning of cities. Urban planning in the Soviet Bloc countries during the Cold War era was dictated by ideological, political, social as well as economic motives.