The Soviet exit tourism in the 1950s-1960s: the social aspect Cover Image

Советский выездной туризм 1950–1960-х годов: социальный аспект
The Soviet exit tourism in the 1950s-1960s: the social aspect

Author(s): A. N. Chistikov
Subject(s): History
Published by: Издательство Исторического факультета СПбГУ
Keywords: international tourism; Soviet tourist; Leningrad; Novgorod; countries of popular democracy; Soviet social policy; the 1950s-1960s

Summary/Abstract: Based on the unpublished materials, the article analyses the social and gender structure of the groups of Leningrad and Novgorod tourists visiting the countries of popular democracy in the 1950s-1960s. It is concluded that the Soviet exit tourism was one of the areas of the social policy of the USSR the realization of which did not all the time achieve the set goals.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 184-190
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Russian