‘The only place nudity was tolerated’: stripping off on Soviet beaches

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‘The only place nudity was tolerated’: stripping off on Soviet beaches – in pictures

Tuesday 27th May 2025, 6:00AM

Nikolay Bakharev was born at a time when ‘almost any image of a naked body was considered pornography’. Yet his photographs of families, couples and friends at the beach capture a quiet tenderness Continue reading...

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