Going NUDE in the USSR (PHOTOS)

The sexual revolution, which soon followed its October counterpart in the newborn Soviet Union, manifested freedom in everything. Bashfulness about one's body was perceived as a relic of bourgeois culture. Just about everyone started stripping off, and nude photography became a popular genre. 

In those days, nudism was a novelty for the USSR. Sunbathing and swimming were good for health (and Soviet people had to be healthy), so after a hard working day collective farmers, workers and soldiers were encouraged to go to the nearest lake or river for a skinny dip. The 1920s even saw the appearance of the radical society “Down with shame!”, which believed that true gender equality could only be achieved au naturel. We get to the bottom of the matter, all too literally.