Sotsgorod: A Brief Introduction to Soviet Urban Planning

Utopian visions confronted pragmatic realities across the Soviet Union’s eighty years of existence, as the USSR designed and built cities they hoped would transform their people from a nation of peasants into model socialist proletarians. In this video, we review the history of Soviet urban planning from the 1917 Revolution all the way to the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, and discuss the core principles used to design Soviet neighborhoods, towns, and cities. You can now support me on Patreon! Link: All music courtesy of MusOpen: This video is licensed under Creative Commons--you are free to share, reproduce, and modify it as long as you attribute the original work and do not use the product for commercial gain.