This RIA Novosti photo essay is a reminder of beach vacations in Soviet times, when no one knew the meaning of “all inclusive.”
This RIA Novosti photo essay is a reminder of beach vacations in Soviet times, when no one knew the meaning of “all inclusive.” Photo: A couple on vacation on the Riga seashore. The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1966).
Soviet miners on a boat trip during a vacation at the Sergo Ordzhonikidze sanatorium in Sochi. (1954) Every year, millions of Soviet workers were sent on highly coveted holidays at such sanatoria on the coast.
Cosmonaut Yury Gagarin, the first man in space, on vacation with his daughter Galya and wife Valentina. (1961) Although trips to sanatoria were not the exclusive preserve of the Soviet elite, not all the workers who were entitled to such vacations were always offered them.
Gymnasts Olga and Valery Karasyov, a married couple, pictured on vacation. (1968)
The Sochi seashore. (1966)
President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh vaccinates the Tree of Friendship in Sochi. (1959)
Municipal beach in Sochi. (1970)
Vacationers sunbathe on the beach of the Quiet Flows the Don (Tikhy Don) sanatorium for collective farm workers. (1970)
The shore of the Baltic Sea in the resort town of Palanga in Lithuania. (1960)
Exercise therapy at the Zapolyarye sanatorium on the Black Sea. (1971)
The Neptune Festival at the prestigious Artek international children's camp. (1970)
Artek’s full name was the Lenin Young Pioneer Camp. (1984)
US singer Paul Robeson visits Sochi. (1958)
Animal trainer Stepan Isaakyan with Toshka the hippo on the shore of the Black Sea. (1967)
