New East Digital Archive

Soviet Tourism

Inside the little-known world of the early Soviet Union's Lenin-fuelled tourism industry

Inside the little-known world of the early Soviet Union’s Lenin-fuelled tourism industry

Letter from Sunny Beach: tales from Bulgaria’s land of hedonism

Letter from Sunny Beach: tales from Bulgaria’s land of hedonism

Taking the waters: how to kick back at a Soviet-era health spa in Tajikistan

Taking the waters: how to kick back at a Soviet-era health spa in Tajikistan

Postcards from the east: Owen Hatherley on the art of everyday communist life

Postcards from the east: Owen Hatherley on the art of everyday communist life

Soviet tourism in Tallinn explored in new exhibition in Estonian capital

Soviet tourism in Tallinn explored in new exhibition in Estonian capital