Khorosheva Anna Vladimirovna

The article examines the role of Soviet housing cooperation in implementing the cultural revolution policy through measures to create a “new life”. The relevance of this research lies in the need to expand the traditional understanding of state policy in the Soviet Union, which was only achieved through the efforts of the party apparatus, but also through public institutions. Based on social history methodology, the authors analyzed a significant number of sources, including official materials from the All-Union Housing Cooperative Council, the Central Housing Union of the RSFSR, grassroots cooperative organizations, legal regulations, and theoretical works by RCP(B) — VKP(B) leaders, as well as central and branch periodicals and fictional works. Based on the above, it can be concluded that the housing cooperative did not effectively advocate for the “new life” policy. This was primarily due to the lack of a strong material base for the cooperative network. Despite some successes, they did not significantly impact the overall situation within the system. Ultimately, the inability of housing cooperatives to effectively implement government policy led to their dissolution in 1937.