20+ atmospheric PHOTOS of Soviet Crimea MAR 27, 2021 RUSSIA BEYOND
Crimea was considered the most favorite resort of all the Soviet people: kids spent summer in pioneer camps, while adults took vacation and went for treatment in sanatoriums based in former royal palaces. The peninsula was also the scene for turbulent events: from Russia’s Civil War battles to Nazi occupation during WWII.
1. A woman sunbathing with her kid on a beach in Crimea, 1925 2. Physical exercises in the Livadia sanatorium, based in the former royal palace, 1925 3. Workers taking a rest in the former royal garden, 1925 4. Factory workers relaxing on vacation in Crimea, 1928 5. Billiards in the courtyard of the Livadia sanatorium, 1930s 6. Black Sea fleet’s sailors going through their daily routine, 1930s 7. Two women relaxing on the rotonda in Simeiz, 1930s 8. A busy beach in Balaklava Bay, 1932 9. A young girl posing in the Black Sea, 1934 10. Revellers enjoying a mud treatment, 1934 11. A sanatorium in Yalta, 1930s 12. Women posing on a beach in Yalta, 1937 13. A scout standing watch in Sevastopol, 1942 14. A Soviet soldier helping to free the city of Kerch from the Nazis, 1944 15. On the ‘Red Crimea’ cruiser in Sevastopol harbor, 1944 16. Sevastopol in ruins, 1944 17. Winston Churchill, Franklin Roozvelt and Joseph Stalin posing for a photo at the Yalta conference in Crimea, 1945 18. Sailors going through drill training, 1944 19. Kids relaxing on a beach in Sevastopol, 1944 20. Two sailors taking a rest on the beach, 1944 21. Pioneer girls at the Artek summer camp, 1944 22. People posing in front of a ruined Sevastopol building, 1944 23. A sea cadet and participant of WWII posing, 1944 24. German POWs marching in Crimea, 1944 25. Monument to the Sunken Ships in Sevastopol, 1944 26. Pioneers launching glider aeroplanes, 1945 27. A lady posing on a boat, 1946 28. A call for swimming time at the Artek pioneer camp, 1948 29. A picturesque angle of the city of Gurzuf, 1950 30. Tourists posing in front of the Swallow Nest castle, 1953 31. Girls riding a catamaran in Yalta, 1960 32. Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sunbathing on vacation in Crimea, 1972 33. A packed Yalta beach, 1973