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Gadget-Free Childhood: How Children Spent Winter Holidays in the Soviet Union

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There used to be a time when not every family had a landline phone and only two or three TV channels were available. So children played outdoors day and night.

In the 21st century, one may think that living without a smartphone or a laptop is boring. But in the Soviet era, two weeks of winter holidays were a real fairy tale for children all across the country. It was a time when they spent long hours outdoors, skating, skiing, having snowball fights or riding sledges.  

Check out Sputnik's photo gallery to see how children spent their free time in winter decades ago. 

© Sputnik / Boris Kavashkin / Go to the mediabankChildren play during winter holidays in Cherepovets, 1971
Children play during winter holidays in Cherepovets, 1971 - Sputnik International
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Children play during winter holidays in Cherepovets, 1971
© Sputnik / Vitaliy Karpov / Go to the mediabankChildren have fun on a skating rink in Moscow, 1976
Children have fun on a skating rink in Moscow, 1976 - Sputnik International
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Children have fun on a skating rink in Moscow, 1976
© Sputnik / Ivan Zotin / Go to the mediabankChildren climb a snow slide during the 'Farewell to Russian winter' celebrations in 1979
Children climb a snow slide during the 'Farewell to Russian winter' celebrations in 1979 - Sputnik International
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Children climb a snow slide during the 'Farewell to Russian winter' celebrations in 1979
© Sputnik / Tunkel / Go to the mediabankA girl enjoys a dog sleigh ride during winter holidays at her granny's place in Podolsk outside Moscow in 1971
A girl enjoys a dog sleigh ride during winter holidays at her granny's place in Podolsk outside Moscow in 1971 - Sputnik International
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A girl enjoys a dog sleigh ride during winter holidays at her granny's place in Podolsk outside Moscow in 1971
© Sputnik / V. Volodkyn / Go to the mediabankA boy enjoys a sledge ride in 1960
A boy enjoys a sledge ride in 1960 - Sputnik International
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A boy enjoys a sledge ride in 1960
© Sputnik / Sergey Vetrov / Go to the mediabankBoys with a puppy during the 'Farewell to Russian winter' celebrations in Kargopol in 1987
Boys with a puppy during the 'Farewell to Russian winter' celebrations in Kargopol in 1987 - Sputnik International
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Boys with a puppy during the 'Farewell to Russian winter' celebrations in Kargopol in 1987
© Sputnik / Andrey Danilov / Go to the mediabankChildren skiing in a resort camp in 1979
Children skiing in a resort camp in 1979 - Sputnik International
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Children skiing in a resort camp in 1979
© Sputnik / Fred Grinberg / Go to the mediabankA boy enjoys a sledge ride in 1976
A boy enjoys a sledge ride in 1976 - Sputnik International
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A boy enjoys a sledge ride in 1976
© Sputnik / Yuryi Abramochkin / Go to the mediabankChildren play in the snow in Tolyatti in 1973
Children play in the snow in Tolyatti in 1973 - Sputnik International
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Children play in the snow in Tolyatti in 1973
© Sputnik / David Sholomovich / Go to the mediabankBoys play hockey in Moscow in 1959
Boys play hockey in Moscow in 1959 - Sputnik International
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Boys play hockey in Moscow in 1959
© Sputnik / Cheprunov / Go to the mediabankChildren have a snowball fight in Moscow in 1969
Children have a snowball fight in Moscow in 1969 - Sputnik International
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Children have a snowball fight in Moscow in 1969
© Sputnik / Voldemar Maask / Go to the mediabankBoys enjoy sledge riding in Tallinn in 1983
Boys enjoy sledge riding in Tallinn in 1983 - Sputnik International
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Boys enjoy sledge riding in Tallinn in 1983
© Sputnik / Valeriy Shustov / Go to the mediabankBoys are fighting using wooden swords and shields during a winter day in Yakutsk in 1973
Boys are fighting using wooden swords and shields during a winter day in Yakutsk in 1973 - Sputnik International
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Boys are fighting using wooden swords and shields during a winter day in Yakutsk in 1973
© Sputnik / E. Kotliakov / Go to the mediabankChildren enjoy sliding down an ice slide in Perm in 1973
Children enjoy sliding down an ice slide in Perm in 1973 - Sputnik International
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Children enjoy sliding down an ice slide in Perm in 1973
© Sputnik / Boris Babanov / Go to the mediabankChildren play on frozen Lake Baikal in 1988
Children play on frozen Lake Baikal in 1988 - Sputnik International
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Children play on frozen Lake Baikal in 1988
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