Nudists at the head of the state: Lenin, Nicholas II

Few people know that the famous Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin and his wife Nadezhda Krupskaya were supporters of nudism. At that time, nudism was actively promoted in the West - vegetarianism, smoking cessation, gymnastics - all this was an inseparable part of the nudist lifestyle. Maybe that's why the revolutionaries liked him so much.

While still an unknown emigrant, Vladimir Ulyanov visited a nudist beach in Austria and this sight pleased him and received a favorable assessment. Later, he expressed that he sees the main idea of communism in nudism - equality. He was supported not only by his fighting friend Krupskaya, but also by party members - Lunacharsky, Bukharin.

In his writings, Vladimir Ilyich mentions the image of an old maid, desperately proud of her morality, who insists on the need for a fig leaf, it is clear to everyone that Russia looked like this for him after contemplating the advanced West.

It is no secret that Emperor Nicholas II also liked to swim naked with his household members, in confirmation of this, a film has been preserved on which the sovereign dives into the river and comes out of it in the costume of Adam.