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In the late twenties the Soviet Union was in desperate search for specialists to design new cities. The Tsarist elite of Russian architects and urban designers was distrusted and the young avant-gardists did not yet have enough technical skills. So the Soviets looked abroad.

In 1929 a commission was sent to Frankfurt, to study the famous 'Siedlungen' of the city's head architect Ernst May. This must have made quite an impression, because May was invited to form a team of 30 specialists that would develop city plans in Moscow.
ernst may 1931

Ernst May, senior architect
Hans Schmidt, architect
Margarete Schuette Lihotzki, architect
Mart Stam, architect
Cities and plans

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