Why is it still so controversial to have a discussion about microrayons? Can we honestly afford not to talk about them? How much longer must we wait before the quality of everyday life for a significant part of our population outweighs the collective trauma we associate with everything created under Soviet occupation?

Soviet Modernism often gets criticised for its dull appearance or homogeneous nature, however, that’s not how I felt growing up in a former model kolkhoz – Ādaži.