Exer­cis­ing in the sun

I know that today is a remark­able day for the coun­try — a year ago we were com­mem­o­rat­ing the birth of the USSR as an out­come of the Great Octo­ber Social­ist Rev­o­lu­tion of 1917, and I was going to come up with a similar-themed post today as well. But then I stum­bled upon these pho­tographs and decided that they are too pre­cious not to be shared. So  here’s a dozen of pho­tos of young, strong, sexy Soviet bod­ies instead.

Bathing

These images were cap­tured by Alek­sandr Rod­chenko in 1932 in Moscow, Lefor­tovo — there were the stu­dent quar­ters at the time, like a uni­ver­sity cam­pus where many stu­dents spent sum­mers exer­cis­ing, swim­ming, sun­bathing and enjoy­ing life.

… and faces of some.

The boy with the nicest smile

Show your sup­port com­rade! Click the ban­ner below

Related posts:

1. A Glance at the Soviet Lifestyle, Cap­tured by Marc Riboud.
2. Exper­i­men­tal Soviet Home­made Photography
3. More pic­tures of Soviet Moscow 1960s by Mark Riboud
4. Pic­tur­ing the Soviet Republics: Moldavia
5. Sum­mer in Gorky Park, Moscow of late 1960s