iv ors ▁of ▁these ▁groups : ▁Li hot z ky , ▁Jan ▁R ut gers , ▁and ▁Phill ipp ▁Tol z iner ▁of ▁the ▁Bau haus ▁Brigade , ▁and ▁visited ▁four ▁of ▁the ▁planned ▁cities : ▁Magn it og or sk , ▁Or sk , ▁Nov ok uz net sk ▁and ▁K emer ovo . ▁ ▁After ▁May ' s ▁departure , ▁the ▁Soviet ▁government ▁began ▁prom oting ▁the ▁criticism ▁of ▁his ▁ideas , ▁methods ▁and ▁achiev ements . ▁Crit ic ism ▁was ▁severe , ▁w ides p read , ▁and ▁had ▁ide ological ▁under p inn ings . ▁He ▁was ▁character ized ▁as ▁an ▁und es irable ▁capital istic ▁and ▁Western ▁influence ▁that ▁should ▁be ▁contra posed ▁to ▁the ▁social istic ▁and ▁Soviet ▁architect ural ▁tr ends . ▁In ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 3 0 s , ▁the ▁Soviet ▁government ▁adopted ▁the ▁policy ▁of ▁not ▁inv iting ▁any ▁foreign ▁architect s . ▁ ▁Ernst ▁May ▁in ▁Ken ya ▁and ▁post - war ▁Germany ▁May ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁far mer ▁in ▁Ken ya , ▁but ▁soon ▁sold ▁his ▁farm ▁and ▁opened ▁an ▁architect ural ▁office , ▁design ing ▁commercial ▁buildings , ▁hot els ▁and ▁schools . ▁In ▁some ▁projects ▁he ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁architect ▁and ▁urban ▁pl anner ▁Er ica ▁Mann : ▁for ▁instance ▁his ▁Ocean ic ▁Hotel ▁in ▁M omb asa ▁was ▁a ▁land mark ▁within ▁the ▁master ▁plan ▁drawn ▁up ▁for ▁Coast ▁Province ▁by ▁Mann . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁the ▁Mau - M au ▁u pr is