How much of this is driven by the the stories of dystopian futures mostly coming out of the West during the Cold War? The Soviet architecture for the most part

How much of this is driven by the the stories of dystopian futures mostly coming out of the West during the Cold War? The Soviet architecture for the most part had been portrayed as brutal and without feeling, similar to the huge Nazi works of WW2. Yet there is a lot of beautiful construction in these areas, we just couldn't relate to the lifestyles portrayed of those who lived there.