Ladies' Hats, Gymnastics on the Beach and Gagarin: A Look Back at Soviet Crimea

12:30 GMT, 3 July 2019

Tourists visiting Crimea had the opportunity to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air, take a dip in the Black Sea, and meet promising new acquaintances. They came to Crimea’s seaside resorts from throughout the Soviet Union, and returned with pleasant memories to last them through the harsher months of the year. While some camped by the sea and hiked in the mountains along the coast, others were content to swim, sunbathe and relax.

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Morning exercises at one of the resorts in Crimea, 1954.

© Sputnik / Anatoliy Garanin

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Koreiz, a village near Yalta in Crimea, 1966.

© Sputnik / Yury Artamonov

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People at the port of Yalta, Crimea, 1956.

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A family car trip in Crimea, 1955.

© Sputnik / Shahovskoy

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A vacation in Crimea, 1953.

© Sputnik / Anatoliy Garanin

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Young people wearing summer hats in Yalta, Crimea, 1939.

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The Kurpaty sanatorium in Yalta, Crimea, 1950.

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Children from the kindergarten of the Feodosiysky Sovkhoz (state farm) go for a walk. Crimea, 1939.

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Morning exercises on the Black Sea coast of Crimea, 1953.

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Yuri Gagarin during the post-flight vacation in Crimea, 1961.

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A view of the city of Yalta in Crimea, 1966.

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People on vacation at the Sputnik camp in Crimea's Gurzuf settlement, 1965.

© Sputnik / Alexander Mokletsov

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People collect grapes at the Gurzuf collective farm, Crimea, 1969.

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People pose for a photo in Yalta, Crimea, 1950.

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Sevastopol was rebuilt after being destroyed during WWII. Crimea, 1957.

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Marble lions by the Italian sculptor Giovanni Bonanni, installed in 1848. The lion terrace of the Vorontsov Palace. Alupka, Crimea, 1940.

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People sunbathing on the coast of the Black Sea, Crimea, 1950.

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Sailors walk on a quay in Yalta, 1939.

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People on the beach of Simeiz on the southern coast of Crimea.

© Sputnik / Maksimov

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Morning exercises on the Black Sea coast of Crimea, 1954.

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The building of Metallurgists' Culture House in Kerch, 1951.

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People sunbathing at a Crimean sanatorium, 1954.

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Water procedures at Yalta's Kurpaty sanatorium, 1950.

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Tourists on the Black Sea coast in Crimea, 1955.

© Sputnik / N. Maksimov

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