10 simple ways Soviets had fun in summer (PHOTOS)

10 simple ways Soviets had fun in summer (PHOTOS)
There was no money for expensive entertainment or trips to exotic resorts, so people found joy and pleasure in the most ordinary things.

1. Eating ice cream in the park

10 simple ways Soviets had fun in summer (PHOTOS)
TASS

2. Drinking a soda from a vending machine

10 simple ways Soviets had fun in summer (PHOTOS)
Dmitry Baltermants/MAMM/MDF

3. Quenching one’s thirst with cold kvass from a street vendor

10 simple ways Soviets had fun in summer (PHOTOS)
Harrison Forman/russiainphoto.ru

4. Cooling off with water from the street truck sprinkler

10 simple ways Soviets had fun in summer (PHOTOS)
Olga Ignatovich/Museum of Moscow

5. Singing songs around the campfire

10 simple ways Soviets had fun in summer (PHOTOS)
Vladimir Akimov / Sputnik

6. Eating an entire watermelon!

10 simple ways Soviets had fun in summer (PHOTOS)
Yury Abramochkin/Yury Abramochkin archive

7. Blowing on a dandelion

10 simple ways Soviets had fun in summer (PHOTOS)
Yury Sadovnikov/MAMM/MDF

8. Making a wreath out of wildflowers

10 simple ways Soviets had fun in summer (PHOTOS)
Yevgeny Koktysh / Sputnik

9. Fishing

10 simple ways Soviets had fun in summer (PHOTOS)
Dmitry Kozlov/MAMM/MDF

10. Camping

10 simple ways Soviets had fun in summer (PHOTOS)
Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF

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