If only we could get to the point if sharing a beach with everyone being in their most comfortable state. And if we could do it without repressive, murderous regimes, even better.
Who is going to set up a local 'Down With Shame' parade/march through their local town or city attended by 10,000 fellow nudists?!
This is a very interesting article, thanks. I knew that there had been a fairly open attitude to public and social nudism during the earlier years of the USSR and that things like Stalinism had reacted with a more conservative approach, but not to the extent that this article portrays. Nudists frequently cite that without clothing we lose indications of other parts of our lives, a leveling-out process, but the references to the coal-miner and the banker is still very true today, although with a higher proportion of soft hands probably.
This topic is close to me, as I myself lived in Russia for 50 years. But I knew about the events of those distant years only from scattered sources, scattered on various forums and abandoned sites. And in this article everything is put together, along with rare surviving photos (besides these photos I saw only a few more of those years from the pioneer camp "Artek" on the Black Sea).
I will also note that the article is written very politically correct, without evident attempts to condemn or justify something (although many terrible events took place in Russia during those years).
Thanks again to the author for remembering an interesting topic and giving an informative account of it. Special thanks for the cited list of references!
Thanks very much for your comments, Dmitry. As an author, it's great to know that the article connected with someone who has a personal connection to the place and context it covers.
Absolutely loved this article. I’m always excited to come across a well researched, well written article about naturism. There is so much more to it than you tend to see written in the media and shared in social media circles. Well done !
I find the initial love then subsequent hate relationship authoritarian regimes seem to have with naturism to be fascinating. As part of my Bachelors program, I studied the USSR and Eastern Europe extensively. But, it was more focused on political, defense, and economic systems. Social aspects, particularly Naturism, never bubbled to the surface. The role of No Shame and Naturism in early communist Russia wasn’t something I ever heard about. Now I know! Thanks Curtis! Thanks Evan for helping get it out there!
Thanks for a comprehensive and well-researched history. Who’d have thought it!!
If only we could get to the point if sharing a beach with everyone being in their most comfortable state. And if we could do it without repressive, murderous regimes, even better.
Down with shame, indeed!
I appreciate this excellent article. Thank you.
I have always held that public nudity is a revolutionary act.
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Who is going to set up a local 'Down With Shame' parade/march through their local town or city attended by 10,000 fellow nudists?!
This is a very interesting article, thanks. I knew that there had been a fairly open attitude to public and social nudism during the earlier years of the USSR and that things like Stalinism had reacted with a more conservative approach, but not to the extent that this article portrays. Nudists frequently cite that without clothing we lose indications of other parts of our lives, a leveling-out process, but the references to the coal-miner and the banker is still very true today, although with a higher proportion of soft hands probably.
This is an excellent article!
This topic is close to me, as I myself lived in Russia for 50 years. But I knew about the events of those distant years only from scattered sources, scattered on various forums and abandoned sites. And in this article everything is put together, along with rare surviving photos (besides these photos I saw only a few more of those years from the pioneer camp "Artek" on the Black Sea).
I will also note that the article is written very politically correct, without evident attempts to condemn or justify something (although many terrible events took place in Russia during those years).
Thanks again to the author for remembering an interesting topic and giving an informative account of it. Special thanks for the cited list of references!
Thanks very much for your comments, Dmitry. As an author, it's great to know that the article connected with someone who has a personal connection to the place and context it covers.
Absolutely loved this article. I’m always excited to come across a well researched, well written article about naturism. There is so much more to it than you tend to see written in the media and shared in social media circles. Well done !
I find the initial love then subsequent hate relationship authoritarian regimes seem to have with naturism to be fascinating. As part of my Bachelors program, I studied the USSR and Eastern Europe extensively. But, it was more focused on political, defense, and economic systems. Social aspects, particularly Naturism, never bubbled to the surface. The role of No Shame and Naturism in early communist Russia wasn’t something I ever heard about. Now I know! Thanks Curtis! Thanks Evan for helping get it out there!
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