Despite living in a communist country, Soviet young people were enjoying the best time of their lives, which seems to be much more exciting than contemporary times. They had no gadgets or fidget spinners, but they traveled, practiced sports and partied hard at rock concerts. It seems that the youth of the XX century was legendary.
© Sputnik / Yuriy Kuydin / Go to the mediabankMembers of an amateur film studio of the Sokolovsko-Sarbai mining and processing plant. The Kustanai region, the Kazakh SSR, currently Kazakhstan.
Members of an amateur film studio of the Sokolovsko-Sarbai mining and processing plant. The Kustanai region, the Kazakh SSR, currently Kazakhstan.
© Sputnik / Prostyakov / Go to the mediabankThe participant of the "Moskovsky Komsomolets" festival rides a skateboard.
The participant of the "Moskovsky Komsomolets" festival rides a skateboard.
© Sputnik / V. Bojukov / Go to the mediabankMember of the international ascent of the peak of Communism, Czechoslovak mountaineer Khladek Leosh. The Tajik SSR, currently Tajikistan.
Member of the international ascent of the peak of Communism, Czechoslovak mountaineer Khladek Leosh. The Tajik SSR, currently Tajikistan.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Fedorenko / Go to the mediabankThe opening of the first baseball stadium in the USSR at a sports town of the Moscow State University.
The opening of the first baseball stadium in the USSR at a sports town of the Moscow State University.
© Sputnik / Ptitsyn / Go to the mediabankParticipants of the first in the USSR international freestyle tournament held in Dombai, Caucasus.
Participants of the first in the USSR international freestyle tournament held in Dombai, Caucasus.
© Sputnik / Fred Grinberg / Go to the mediabankSoviet women at a festival in Chisinau, currently Moldova, 1978.
Soviet women at a festival in Chisinau, currently Moldova, 1978.
Athletes at the USSR championship in water skiing.
© B. Korobeinikov / Go to the mediabankYoung people with a brown bear that left the Taiga on the Kolyma highway. 1967.
Young people with a brown bear that left the Taiga on the Kolyma highway. 1967.
© Sputnik / A. Bochinin / Go to the mediabankA participant of the first in the USSR international freestyle tournament in Dombai.
A participant of the first in the USSR international freestyle tournament in Dombai.
© Sputnik / V. Chistiakov / Go to the mediabankMembers of the expedition dubbed "Man and the Desert," the pedestrian crossing of the Karakum Desert, Turkmen SSR (currently Turkmenistan) in July-August 1984.
Members of the expedition dubbed "Man and the Desert," the pedestrian crossing of the Karakum Desert, Turkmen SSR (currently Turkmenistan) in July-August 1984.
© Sputnik / Yuriy Kuydin / Go to the mediabankHydrogeologists are preparing for the survey of the bottom of the Kapchagaysky reservoir, the Kazakh SSR (currently Kazakhstan).
Hydrogeologists are preparing for the survey of the bottom of the Kapchagaysky reservoir, the Kazakh SSR (currently Kazakhstan).
© Sputnik / Vladimir Fedorenko / Go to the mediabankA spectator during a rock music competition in Moscow. 1988.
A spectator during a rock music competition in Moscow. 1988.
The Baltic Sea, 1980.
The 1970 USSR water skiing championship.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Fedorenko / Go to the mediabankYouth from the US, the USSR and Finland at the International Children's Camp of the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students.
Youth from the US, the USSR and Finland at the International Children's Camp of the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students.
© Sputnik / May Nachinkin / Go to the mediabankA group of parachute-jumpers, climbers and volcanologists after landing on Avachinskaya volcano, Kamchatka, the Russian Far East.
A group of parachute-jumpers, climbers and volcanologists after landing on Avachinskaya volcano, Kamchatka, the Russian Far East.
© Sputnik / Igor Mikhalev / Go to the mediabankThe "Katran" car made by craftsmen from Sevastopol at the All-Russian Exhibition of Scientific and Technical Creativity of Youth.
The "Katran" car made by craftsmen from Sevastopol at the All-Russian Exhibition of Scientific and Technical Creativity of Youth.
Models of the All-Union Fashion House. 1978.
© Sputnik / Yuriy Somov / Go to the mediabankThe silver (1965) and bronze medalist (1966) of the USSR multiathlon cup, Sergei Diomidov. 1968.
The silver (1965) and bronze medalist (1966) of the USSR multiathlon cup, Sergei Diomidov. 1968.
© Sputnik / Igor Mikhalev / Go to the mediabankA rock concern in Tartu, the Estonian SSR (currently Estonia). 1987.
A rock concern in Tartu, the Estonian SSR (currently Estonia). 1987.
© Sputnik / Yuriy Kuydin / Go to the mediabankMountaineers in the Pamirs, a mountain range in Central Asia. 1972.
Mountaineers in the Pamirs, a mountain range in Central Asia. 1972.