The Hotel Lux: A Communist Contact Zone in Moscow in the 1920s

Abstract

Located in the heart of Moscow, the Hotel Lux hosted many communists from outside the USSR during the period of the Communist International. This article examines the history of the Hotel Lux and its occupants from a new perspective, exploring the living experiences and social and political practices of its residents in the 1920s. It argues that the Hotel Lux facilitated the establishment of an international and transnational network among communists worldwide, providing an important political and social ‘contact zone’ for communists in Moscow in the 1920s.