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Soviet People Had Fun, Too

Sputnik

Illen's resolution was ultimately adopted by the unanimous consensus of all 193 UN member states of the United Nations General Assembly on June 28, 2012.

Therefore, it wasn't around back in the Soviet era, but the concept of having fun was already discovered by USSR citizens.

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Moscow hipsters twist on the street, 1980.
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A couple with their dog in a park, 1965.
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Folk choir singing at a country club.
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A girl enjoying the sun at the Kapchagay Reservoir in Kazakhstan.
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Spring in Moscow, 1959.
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Socializing at a Moscow cafe, 1961.
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A tourist music festival, 1976.
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Kids ice-skating in duck formation, 1976.
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Green Woods recreation and retreat center outside Zvenigorod, 1985.
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Almaty integrated home-building factory workers at a concert.
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Quality family time, watching a movie, 1974.
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Spanish dancer Maria Rosa during her Moscow performance, 1967.
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At the Dzerzhinsky park in Ostankino, Moscow, 1961.
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Students during winter break at the Abramtsevo resort, 1961.
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