Living in the Socialist Metropolis as Outsiders

It's a visual map about everyday lives and places in 1920s Moscow, from the perspective of outsiders. This project is part of my bigger dissertation, I'll love to make history of Soviet Union accessible to average audience through such interactive projects.

This visual story features Moscow as the 'Red Mecca' of the 1920s. Reading first-person accounts through a spatial lens. It presents Moscow as a dynamic cultural crossroads — where Russians, Chinese, German, Irish, Iranian, and many other nationalities converged — and as an emotionally charged space where diverse aspirations took root, flourished, or dissolved.