Witness History
Witness History
Soviet holidays in Crimea
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25 March 2022
9 minutes
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Artek, on the shores of the Black Sea in Crimea, was the Soviet Union's most popular holiday camp. Thousands of children visited every year. Maria Kim Espeland went there in the 1980s. She spoke to Lucy Burns in 2014.
Photo: Group of children attending Artek. (Credit: Irina Vlasova)