Now it’s clear why in the USSR they only made an odd number of steps: did you guess?
Did you know that all the staircases in the entrances of Khrushchev-era buildings have an odd number of steps?
We explain why such a building code was introduced in the Soviet Union.
Why did the USSR only make an odd number of steps?
As reported by sport24.ru , Soviet specialists, relying on international experience, have established that with an odd number of steps, the probability of tripping and getting injured is lower.
This is explained by the fact that it is more convenient for a person to start and finish the movement with the same leg.
And for this, there needs to be an odd number of steps. In Khrushchev-era buildings, there are usually 9 steps.
An even number of steps (8) was sometimes made only on the first floors.
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