Witness History: Archive 2014 - Artek - the Soviet Holiday Camp

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Artek was the Soviet Union's most popular holiday camp, on the shores of the Black Sea in Crimea. Thousands of children visited every year - Maria Kim Espeland went there in the 1980s.

(Photo: Group of children attending Artek. Credit: Irina Vlasova)

Published on Thursday, 3rd July 2014.

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