Summary: The Soviet Union regulated almost every aspect of life, including vacations, which were determined by the Communist Party. The Soviet Labor Code, established in 1922, offered workers a minimum of two weeks paid time off per year, and those under 18 were allotted a full month. The Soviet Union encouraged workers to vacation with groups of relative strangers as opposed to their friends and families, as the collective was the most important social unit. The state constructed summer resorts and tourism bases throughout the region, and each year, a limited number of accommodations at these locations were offered at a reduced cost or free of charge to one in every ten Soviet workers. Initially hailed as a shining example of socialist superiority, the communist ideology that shaped the Soviet vacation eventually came into conflict with the consumerist behavior of the citizens.