It's 1956 in the Russian Soviet Federative Republic. I live in Vladivostok and I want to spend Xmas with my relatives in the Ukrainian SSR. How do I get there?

by 124876720

Do I need a permit?

What if it was 1976?

And finally - what if they lived in a closed city such as Seversk?

variola_vera

I just want to say that Christmas wasn't a public holiday in USSR and that even if it was it would have been celebrated on 7th of January not 25th of December as ROC uses Julian calendar.

However they did celebrate New Year (Новый год) in very similar manner.