Border Theories -
Kaliningrad

The city of Kaliningrad -
Königsberg Castle, 2024

The city of Kaliningrad -
House of the Soviets, 1968

The city of Königsberg -
Königsberg Castle, 1255-1945

Border Theories -
Birobidzhan

The city of Birobidzhan -
Construction territory
-- Architect Hannes Meyer, 1933

The city of Birobidzhan -
Militarisation territory against Chinese and Japanese expansionism
-- People’s Commissariat of Defense of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1934

The city of Birobidzhan -
Jewish colonisation territory for agrarianisation
-- President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Mikhail Kalinin, 1926

Photo © Hannes Meyer

Border Theories -
Birobidzhan

The city of Birobidzhan -
Construction territory
-- Architect Hannes Meyer, 1933

The city of Birobidzhan -
Militarisation territory against Chinese and Japanese expansionism
-- People’s Commissariat of Defense of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1934

The city of Birobidzhan -
Jewish colonisation territory for agrarianisation
-- President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Mikhail Kalinin, 1926

Photo © Hannes Meyer

Border Theories -
Birobidzhan

The city of Birobidzhan -
Construction territory
-- Architect Hannes Meyer, 1933

The city of Birobidzhan -
Militarisation territory against Chinese and Japanese expansionism
-- People’s Commissariat of Defense of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1934

The city of Birobidzhan -
Jewish colonisation territory for agrarianisation
-- President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Mikhail Kalinin, 1926

Photo © Hannes Meyer

Border Theories -
Birobidzhan

The city of Birobidzhan -
Construction territory
-- Architect Hannes Meyer, 1933

The city of Birobidzhan -
Militarisation territory against Chinese and Japanese expansionism
-- People’s Commissariat of Defense of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1934

The city of Birobidzhan -
Jewish colonisation territory for agrarianisation
-- President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Mikhail Kalinin, 1926

Photo © Hannes Meyer

Border Theories -
Birobidzhan

The city of Birobidzhan -
Construction territory
-- Architect Hannes Meyer, 1933

The city of Birobidzhan -
Militarisation territory against Chinese and Japanese expansionism
-- People’s Commissariat of Defense of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1934

The city of Birobidzhan -
Jewish colonisation territory for agrarianisation
-- President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Mikhail Kalinin, 1926

Photo © Hannes Meyer

Border Theories -
Birobidzhan

The city of Birobidzhan -
Construction territory
-- Architect Hannes Meyer, 1933

The city of Birobidzhan -
Militarisation territory against Chinese and Japanese expansionism
-- People’s Commissariat of Defense of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1934

The city of Birobidzhan -
Jewish colonisation territory for agrarianisation
-- President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Mikhail Kalinin, 1926

Photo © Hannes Meyer

Border Theories -
Birobidzhan

Border Theories -
Birobidzhan

Border Theories -
Birobidzhan

Border Theories -
Birobidzhan

Border Theories -
Birobidzhan

Border Theories -
Birobidzhan

Border Theories -
Birobidzhan

Border Theories -
Kaliningrad

Border Theories -
Kaliningrad

Border Theories -
Kaliningrad

Border Theories -
Kaliningrad

Border Theories -
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Border Theories -
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Border Theories -
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

The city of Toyohara -
Mount Asahiguoka,
Karafuto Jinja Shinto Shrine,
1911-1945

The city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk -
Mount Bolshevik,
Communist Party Executives Hotel, 1960

Border Theories -
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

The city of Toyohara -
Mount Asahiguoka,
Karafuto Jinja Shinto Shrine,
1911-1945

The city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk -
Mount Bolshevik,
Communist Party Executives Hotel, 1960

Border Theories -
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

The city of Toyohara -
Mount Asahiguoka,
Karafuto Jinja Shinto Shrine,
1911-1945

The city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk -
Mount Bolshevik,
Communist Party Executives Hotel, 1960

Border Theories -
Kaliningrad

Draft for the future city of
Kaliningrad -
Model city of Russian history
-- Dmitrii Navalikhin, 1954

Border Theories -
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Draft for the future city of
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk -
Model city of Soviet rule
(Courtesy I. Samarin)
-- Sinyaver and Tarushkin, 1955

Border Theories -
Birobidzhan

Draft for the future city of
Birobidzhan -
The first Soviet Jewish city in the world (Courtesy DAM Archive, Frankfurt/Main)
-- Hannes Meyer, 1933