Crimea's Soviet holiday camp
The hugely popular Soviet holiday camp, Artek
Witness History · BBC World Service
February 27, 20249m 2s
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Show Notes
Artek, on the shores of the Black Sea in Crimea, was a hugely popular Soviet holiday camp.
Maria Kim Espeland was one of the thousands of children who visited every year.
In 2014, she told Lucy Burns about life in the camp in the 1980s.
(Photo: A group of children attending Artek. Credit: Irina Vlasova)