Share of Soviet dwellings with select characteristics 1980-1989

In the Soviet Union in the 1980s, there was some improvement in housing utilities and infrastructure, although a significant share of the population lived without utilities that would be considered basic or essential requirements today. For example, in 1980, one fifth of the population lived in homes without access to running water, and over half had no access to running hot water. By comparison, in the U.S. in 1980, over 97 percent of homes had access to all plumbing facilities, 99 percent had heating equipment, and 60 percent even had air conditioning. There were, of course, logistical factors that impacted the development of infrastructure in the USSR, such as harsh weather conditions and longer distances between settlements.

在20世纪80年代的苏联，住房设施和基础设施有所改善，尽管当时相当一部分人口生活在缺乏当今被视为基本或必要设施的环境中。例如，在1980年，五分之一的人口居住在没有接入自来水的房屋中，超过一半的人口没有接入热水。相比之下，在1980年的美国，超过97%的家庭能够接入全部的管道设施，99%的家庭拥有供暖设备，甚至有60%的家庭配备了空调。当然，苏联基础设施发展受到诸如恶劣的气候条件和定居点之间较长的距离等物流因素的影响。