Social city (or Sixth Settlement) is a residential complex built in the 1930s in Zaporizhzhia, located near the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Station. The territory contains a number of unique architectural landmarks, including rare examples of constructivism from the 1920s and 1930s, as well as buildings in the Stalinist Empire style from the post-war period. Sotsmisto was constructed in three years, simultaneously with the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Station and the Zaporizhzhia Metallurgical Complex. After World War II, Sotsmisto was restored. At that time, only six buildings remained usable. Since then, it has remained an important cultural and historical object.
Its notable landmarks include the Tower on the coke-chemical plant building, the Lavrov Houses, the Outpatient Town, the Kozliner Tower, the Round House, the Communal Houses, the Propylaea Houses, the Monument to Mykola Rybnikov, the Monument to Industrial Zaporizhzhia, and the M. Hlinka Concert Hall.
In recent years, research has been conducted on Social city, which may help to include it on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a complex object.
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