Crimea 1958

Photographer of the American magazine "Life" Howard Sohurek in the late 1950s, traveled much of the Soviet Union and left an impressive collection of color images comparable in scope with a collection of Prokudin-Gorsky.
Although the images in this series are marked in the log file 1958 is not ruled out an earlier shooting date (1956 or 1957).
Due to the absence of any copyright photo captions, to determine their membership in the Crimea had their own. In some cases, the place is easily recognizable, while others - more identification is required. Also made his color correction to compensate for the fading of colors in the resulting image.



1. The unknown sanatorium. Medrabotnitsa keeps track of something.


2. Beach photographer


3. On the beach - a full house


4. It seems so crowded at the resorts it was already in 30th


5. A swimwear while there is little different from today


6. Lady in Red


7. Otdyzhayuschie


9. Evening beach
8. It can be recognized resort. Probably the area Gurzuf.




"Lastochnkino nest" in the 50s. Spires restore only the reconstruction of 1967-68.


Gurzuf in 1958


The same view today


Roofs of the old Gurzuf


Rocks Gurzuf


Evening in the sanatorium


Dining resort


Artists around the rock diva in Simeiz


They are the same, but from a different angle


Alley in Simeiz, leading to the mountain cat


View from the rock diva in Simeiz


View of Yalta


The former capital of the Crimean Khanate Bakhchisaray