ky , ▁her ▁husband ▁Wilhelm ▁Sch u ette , ▁Arthur ▁K orn , ▁the ▁Hung arian - born ▁Fred ▁For bat , ▁the ▁Swiss ▁Hans ▁Schmidt , ▁the ▁Aust rian - born ▁Er ich ▁M auth ner ▁and ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Mart ▁St am . ▁The ▁promise ▁of ▁the ▁" So cial ist ▁parad ise " ▁was ▁still ▁fresh , ▁and ▁May ' s ▁Brigade ▁and ▁other ▁groups ▁of ▁western ▁pl ann ers ▁had ▁the ▁hope ▁of ▁construct ing ▁entire ▁cities . ▁The ▁first ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁Magn it og or sk . ▁ ▁Although ▁May ' s ▁group ▁is ▁indeed ▁cred ited ▁with ▁building ▁ 2 0 ▁cities ▁in ▁three ▁years , ▁the ▁reality ▁was ▁that ▁May ▁found ▁Magn it og or sk ▁already ▁under ▁construction ▁and ▁the ▁town ▁site ▁domin ated ▁by ▁the ▁mine ▁and ▁bl ast ▁furn aces ▁under ▁construction . ▁Official s ▁were ▁inde cis ive , ▁then ▁dist rust ful , ▁cor ruption ▁and ▁delay ▁fr ustr ated ▁their ▁efforts , ▁and ▁May ▁himself ▁made ▁mis jud g ements ▁about ▁the ▁climate . ▁May ' s ▁contract ▁exp ired ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁and ▁he ▁left ▁for ▁British ▁East ▁Africa ▁( K en ya ). ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁architect s ▁found ▁themselves ▁unw anted ▁by ▁Russia , ▁and ▁stat eless . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁document ary ▁film ▁S ots gor od : ▁C ities ▁for ▁U top ia ▁(" So cial ist ▁C ities ") ▁interview ed ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁surv