Near the coast of the Black Sea. Every year, tens of thousands of children come to Artek from various cities not only in our country, but all over the world.
Location
The children's camp is located in the southern part of Crimea, near the village of Gurzuf. The nature in this place is truly wonderful and amazing. Almost 50% of the entire territory of the center is occupied by numerous green spaces. Artek has very beautiful squares and parks. The coastline stretches for eight kilometers from the center to the village of Gurzuf.
The children's camp is located in a great location. It is protected from strong sea storms by rock capes that form beautiful bays, and from piercing winds - mountain ranges. During the warm season of the year, the whole air is filled with the marvelous aroma of flowering plants and fragrant roses. The wonderful climate makes the rest in Artek amazing and memorable for a long time!
Story
The idea of arranging the pioneer camp "Artek" appeared in 1924. The initiator of the creation of an anti-tuberculosis health resort on the territory of the Crimean peninsula was Zinovy Solovyov, chairman of the Russian branch of the Red Cross.
Already in June 1925, the first detachments of the pioneer camp appeared. Young vacationers were placed in four tents, which were made from a simple tarpaulin. Only a few years later, the first houses made of plywood boards were placed on the coast.
During the difficult years of the Great Patriotic War, the children's center was moved to Stalingrad, and then to Moscow. In the post-war period, its gradual reconstruction and restoration began. By the sixties, the infrastructure of Artek already included numerous sports grounds, swimming pools, and a real cinema. The medical service consisted of three huge buildings in which Soviet doctors provided qualified treatment to children.
A ticket to Artek was free in Soviet times, and getting it was considered a real success in those days. They were issued only to the children of party workers, as well as to children who studied very well or showed high achievements in sports events.
Children from more than 20 different countries came to the year-round camp to have a great rest and improve their health during the summer holidays.
In the years when Crimea belonged to Ukraine, insufficient money was allocated for the development of a children's camp. Only after the well-known events, in 2014, by order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, a whole program was developed to restore and develop the children's camp. During various conferences and meetings, it was decided to add educational standards to the activities of Artek.
Since 2015, free vouchers have been renewed. They, as in Soviet times, are usually issued only to children who show high achievements in education and sports. A whole strategy of the center until 2020 has also been developed. According to this document, it is planned to increase funding for Artek, as well as improve the infrastructure of the center and attract kids from other countries.
Structure
"Artek" consists of several separate camps. This structure has been preserved since 1930 without major changes. The complex includes several camps: "Mountain", "Marine", "Coastal", "Azure", "Cypress".
Each separate camp includes 2-3 detachments or squads. For example, in the "Coastal": 4 squads. These are "Forest", "River", "Field" and "Lake". This structure allows you to place all the kids in an orderly manner and in compliance with age criteria.
Each year, the organization of squads in Artek may change, but the basic principle remains unchanged. This allows more than 30,000 children to have a rest every year. Toddlers are accommodated in rooms designed to accommodate 3-6 people. All rooms are equipped with bathrooms and well equipped with all necessary furniture.
Attractions
Mount Ayu-Dag or "Bear Mountain" is visible from the residential buildings of the children's center. It is a real monument of nature not only for campers, but for all residents of the Crimea. Mount Ayu-dag reliably protects campers from possible strong winds. It is directly connected with the life of "Artek": the guys visit this mountain during hikes and excursions, night gatherings around the fire on the mountain slopes are arranged here.
Children who come to rest in the camp are initiated into "Artek" on Mount Ayu-Dag. This wonderful tradition has been preserved since Soviet times.
Another real monument of nature, which is located near the "Artek", are the rocks of Adalara. Sometimes they are even considered symbols of the Crimean peninsula. There are several traditions in the children's center. Usually children, together with teachers, make real sea voyages to Adalary. At the end of the shift, a joint photo is traditionally taken.
"Shalyapinskaya" mountain is another of the sights of the center. Its cape protrudes strongly into the sea, and the slopes stand out picturesquely against the background of the waves. This natural object was named after the famous opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin many years ago.
On the territory where the children's camp is located, there are many underground springs. Many years ago, numerous communal collectors were laid there, which help to collect water and divert it to the sea.
It is also very important to say how many beautiful parks there are on the territory of Artek. Every year, professional florists and craftsmen work on their creation. Various flowering plants are used to create the ensemble: various magnolias, roses, cedars, larches and many others, there is a real olive grove.
Svetlana Syncha-Forsova
My childhood passed in Soviet times. Then, the International Pioneer Camp "Artek" was the dream of many, many children. I was lucky, my dream came true and even twice. The first time I came here as a child, and the second time this year when
I returned to "Artek" again - the "snub-nosed country" of my childhood :).
During my pioneer childhood "Artek" consisted of five camps: "Marine", "Mountain", "Coastal", "Azure" and "Cypress". Each camp had its own squads. Now a lot has changed here. "Artek" grew and the squads became camps: "Sea", Crystal, "Amber", "Field", "Forest", "Lake", "River", "Cypress", "Azure".
For every Artek citizen, his camp is the best. For me, native, the best and most beautiful - "Marine".
I think that it really is, because it is located right next to the blue sea.
Not a single camp attracts to itself like "Artek". It is impossible to forget him. Here is not only the best and modern, but also an unforgettable atmosphere.
friendliness, joy, mutual understanding between older and younger.
This cannot be put into words, Artek people will understand what I mean.
So they come back here after decades. "An Artekian today is an Artekian always" - there is such a motto in "Artek".
When we parted, each of us had a book "Artek", architect A.T. Polyansky, who designed the children's health resort, where we wrote our addresses and wishes to each other. At this place, at the entrance, everyone cried as they parted and were going to meet here in 10 years. Then it seemed that 10 years is a very, very long time.
But .., only I returned alone. Almost like Dumas - forty years later and even more :).
This time, I visited several camps of "Artek", but, of course, I will start with "Marine". 
For reference; "Artek" is the largest international children's center (as it is now called) in the world. Its territory occupies 218 hectares, 102 of which are parks. The territory of children's beaches stretches for 7 kilometers from the mountain Ayu-Dag (Bear Mountain), to the village of Gurzuf. In 2016, 31,000 thousand children rested here, in 2020 it is planned to receive 45,000 thousand children. 
General view of the coastal territory of "Artek" from the observation deck of the camp "Morskoy". 
This photo is from A.T. Polyansky released in 1963. Our uniform was already different, but the general appearance of the camp was the same. 
.Each camp has its own attractions.
"Artek" was founded in 1925 and the first Artek pioneer line took place on the territory of the "Morskoy" camp.
This is a memorial stone erected in memory of this event.
At the same stone in 1969.
Pioneer detachments were divided into units. Our link with a detachment flag at the memorial stone.
I stand between the counselors Larisa Pavlovna and Vladimir Yurievich.
Mosaic panel on the theme of international youth friendship. Also a historical landmark. 
At the same panel many years ago. 
All buildings in the camps have their own name. The "Orange" building is located next to the panel. Previously, the names of the buildings corresponded to their color. Now the open loggias have been glazed, the buildings have become the same color, and the former names have been preserved.
This is also a refurbished building.
In the camps, there are such stands that introduce the historical past of the camp. I think that my post will also come in handy
There are several such pools in the camp. It's not just pools. These are the footprints of a bear that was going to drink water.
Who does not know, Ayu-Dag Mountain (Bear Mountain) looks like a bear drinking water from the sea. You will see the mountain more than once in the pictures in the following posts.
Campfire Square is the center of each camp. All camp events are held here.
Place for a fire. To this day, Artek workers of different shifts pay tribute to the history here. 
Here in the picture you can see Bear Mountain. .
The library of the "Morskoy" camp was located in this building. Now there is a pottery workshop. Unfortunately, the workshop was closed, but through the glass one could see a lot of interesting pottery that was made there.
This is how the building looked before.
New dining room. 
There used to be a dining room like this. I still remember the Snezhok milk drink, crunchy and melting in my mouth. How many I then bought all sorts of "snowballs" but not one of them repeated the taste of Artek. It was an extraordinary drink!
Column - A memorial sign in honor of Z.P. Solovyov, the founder of "Artek".
This alley is almost abandoned. In my time there was a post here, we were on duty here, checking the passes of cars entering the camp. Along this alley we went for a walk in the forest. Here, the air is incredible, saturated with pine needles.
The whole "Artek" looks like a giant sea ship with ladders, passages, decks. And "Morskoy" is like a captain's bridge on a huge ship. 
I will also stand at the helm looking into the past ... or into the future?
By publishing this letter, the editors hope that the participants of the gathering in Artek will respond to Natasha's call and tell how their fate has developed over the past ten years. Please send responses to the editorial office with the note "Collection ten years later."
1979, March "Youth"
“I think a lot about the guys with whom I was in Artek at the III All-Union rally,” Natasha wrote. - Where are they now? Who became? There were 34 of us in the detachment. How was everyone's life? Have dreams come true? After all, back in Artek we wrote a kind of “letter to the future...” Further, the letter told how, at one of the training camps, the pioneers of the 6th detachment of the Almaznaya squad wrote their dreams about the future on pieces of paper: who and how they see themselves as adults. The notes were securely packed and buried under a cypress tree.
Natasha invited her comrades to tell about themselves on the pages of the magazine. “In my opinion, this will be of interest not only to us, former Artek residents, but also to all readers of Yunost, especially in the year of the 60th anniversary of the Komsomol. After all, we are all members of the Komsomol! And our fate is the fate of a whole generation, those who are now 24!”
After this publication, the editors received hundreds of letters. 22 people - Natasha's comrades in the 6th detachment told about themselves. The rest of the correspondents turned out to be Artek residents of “all generations”. They sent photographs, diaries, commemorative Artek badges and souvenirs.
In 6 issues 4, 6, 8 and 9 for 1978, the editors gave the floor to a mechanic from Kyiv Valery Tselore, an engineer from Tallinn Lyubov Zubareva (Petina), a Moscow student Henrietta Krupina and a graduate student of the Penza Civil Engineering Institute Viktor Pimenov, Artekites of the 6th detachment.
The editors carried out a kind of sociological analysis of letters from members of the former sixth detachment. Here are his results.
The detachment was made up of guys from the most ordinary, ordinary families. Their parents: workers - 48 percent, collective farmers - 6 percent, employees - 18 percent, engineering and technical workers - 15 percent, pensioners and housewives - 13 percent. Today, the vast majority of detachment members - 68 percent - have received (or are receiving) higher and secondary specialized education. The rest are highly skilled workers. All became members of the Komsomol, 30 percent - members of the party. 14 out of thirty-four have families, raise children. And the last figure: the 6th detachment united the guys of eight nationalities.
Concluding the collection, we present excerpts from the letters sent by the Artek members of the 6th detachment. And in conclusion, we give the floor to the pioneer of the first post-war years, Alla Andreevna Zimina. Her letter, as it were, summarizes, sums up the results of Artek's many years of educational work.
Natalia Palagina (Kramarenko):
And now before our eyes is our "Diamond", cypresses, even the dining room and the road to it. Bear Mountain - everything, everything, everything! And a common oath sounds: "Artek - today, Artek - always!" And burning branches crackle, sparks fall, and friends from Mauritania, France, Guinea are around ... This will not be forgotten! And I still feel the sea air and the taste of salty water ...
But I still dreamed of everyday professions: I wanted to become a salesman or a hairdresser, even a taxi driver. But most often I saw myself as a teacher... The last one didn't work out... My everyday dreams turned out to be true: I worked as a salesman, postman, seamstress. And wherever you work, everyone is interested. She loved to deliver mail, because most often she conveyed good news. Loved to be behind the counter. I learned to sew with great desire. Actually, I've been a laugher since childhood. It's important that you yourself always have a good mood. And I love such people who treat others with soul. There are many friends, both old and new: life does not stand still, and you get to know more and more people.
I am currently working at the Akbulaksky state farm. It’s like in a song: “Steppe and steppe all around! ..” But it’s still beautiful, because the earth has its own beauty everywhere, you just need to consider it. The steppe is not naked, it blooms and speaks in its own way. Good with us. And young people, a lot.
Introducing books about Artek
Igor Kashnikov:
At the rally, the average age of the delegates was 14-15 years old, the "leadership" was assigned sixteen-year-olds. And at that time I was full recruited at that time only 12 years old, I was listed as a “pre-conscript”. But, remembering Artek, I think that it was there that he decided to become a military man. It is not for nothing that the most vivid impressions are now the campaigns of that time, the competitions in formation and, of course, the meeting with Gagarin. And also our unforgettable Zarnitsa. True, we were defeated in this game: the forces turned out to be unequal, a detachment of athletes advanced, mostly guys. But the fight was, as they say, to the last, hot, reckless.
My dream was based on the stories of my father, a participant in the last war, a reserve officer. The entire family atmosphere was permeated with a high sense of patriotism. My Artek dream came true: after graduating from school, I entered the A.F. Mozhaisky Military Engineering Institute; I graduated last year and received a referral to the unit where I now serve.
I would like to add that my brother Oleg also became an officer. He is a senior lieutenant and is now a student of the Kyiv Higher Military Engineering Aviation School. And the parents of Lena's wife are also military men, they live in Severomorsk. So in our family, almost all types of troops are represented ...
Rafik Aisin:
We, the 16-year-old delegates, indeed by the time of the rally had considerable experience in organizing work. The trip to Artek was preceded by 3 years of intensive work in the metropolitan Kuibyshev District Pioneer Headquarters. It was headed by people, one might say, obsessed, creative, ebullient. Gatherings, rallies, labor landings, disputes, hikes, reviews, meetings, competition of squads, the Green Arrow operation for the improvement of the area - what was not in our work, and everything is excitingly interesting. The term "social load" seemed like some kind of ridiculous phrase - what kind of "load"? Pioneer work brought joy to all of us. In Calais, home endeavors were a fascinating goal and an important outcome.
I consider selflessness to be the best human trait. I call friendship such relationships where there is no place for selfishness and indifference. The difference of characters can at the same time make it even stronger and more complete. My concept most of all, perhaps, corresponds to the friendship of men from Remarque's "Three Comrades"; this is one of my most favorite books.
My hobbies have changed with age. The firefighter from childhood dreams was replaced first by an athlete, then by a pilot, an astronaut, and finally by a scientist. Thus, a conscious desire was born to bring something of my own into the electronics that I loved, the converting technology, especially into sound equipment.
My dream came true, I am a radio designer. Married, my little Renat is growing up.
Olya Shcherbakova (Nalimova):
I live, as before, in the city of Sarapul. After Artek, she graduated from an eight-year school, then a technical school and entered the institute, the Faculty of Mechanics and Technology. I study in the evening department. The news about the correspondence course became like a double holiday: on that day I passed the sopromat on "5", the last exam for the third year. That was the mood!
In Artek, I wrote: “I want to become a geologist.” But there was no special university in the city, and she could not leave: her mother was sick.
I have three friends: Rosa, Raya and Valery. Raya also studies at the institute: Once she found out that my mother needed a rare medicine, and ran around the whole city, I don’t know where, but she got it. She lost a day, although the next day she had an exam at the institute - she also abandoned her preparation. Rosa is a childhood friend, we have been together for over 20 years. And Valery... Valery is more than a friend...
Our bureau, where I work, maintains CNC machines, prepares the initial data for the manufacture of parts. The work is interesting and lively. I am satisfied with my profession.
Aleksandr Kuznetsov:
He passed school exams in his native Onega and entered a medical school - he was always drawn to medicine. He graduated from it and worked for 7 months at the site. Then he served in the army, became a senior sergeant. I remember the army with a special feeling also because in the unit I was accepted as a candidate member of the party. After demobilization, he began working in Arkhangelsk, at the ambulance station at the 1st City Clinical Hospital. Here I was also given a membership card. I went to this day through the pioneers and the Komsomol, through Artek, and I am proud of it.
The year 1976 became generally memorable: then I was admitted to a medical institute, to the medical faculty. So far, everything is going well, I have already taken part in the biological Olympiad of universities in the northern zone, in Vologda. Last summer he worked as a doctor in the SSO "Northern Lights-77". We were listed as the most "polar" detachment. They were based in the village of Varandey, near the Barents Sea. Achieved the championship in the zone. I have gained a lot of impressions and experience.
Ira Stenanyam (Makarova):
Our Moscow - Vnukovo - school? 13 was named after the Hero of the Soviet Union pilot G. A. Taran. The druzhina was marked by diplomas of the Moscow Civil Committee. Three times in a row they awarded her the banner of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, the last time. Just in 1967, they handed it over to us for eternal storage. And I not only led the team, I was also a member of the regional pioneer headquarters, and then I headed it.
After school, I could not, and did not want to part with the work "in the masses." At first I thought that I would stay at the school as a senior pioneer leader, but it did not come true. When she then graduated from the 127th vocational school, received the specialty of a stenographer-typist with knowledge of the French language, her native walls kept her here. They chose me at the school as a Komsomol secretary. At first, it was not easy: there were neither more nor less - 300 Komsomol members. Still, it is more difficult than with the pioneers. And then they elected me as a member of the district committee. Responsibilities have increased even more - I had to do my best to help the Kuntsevo schools.
Now I work at the State Committee for Science and Technology as a department inspector. Knowledge of typing, office work and shorthand was very useful. I like the profession, I will improve in my specialty. I don’t remember at all what dream I left in Artek. It's good that they were recorded then, if only they were preserved,
Galya Head:
My dream of becoming a teacher has come true. Our dear teachers - only over the years you realize how many particles of your soul you have given us: your diligence, perseverance, a sense of pride for the Motherland. After all, we usually never say high words to each other, but in the depths of our souls we always feel the fire lit from childhood by the school. It is joyful to be transported to student life, to the Kazan Pedagogical Institute. It seems so carefree now, but there were also "global" professional unrest and trips to the collective farm full of special impressions. What about Literary Theatre? I was so carried away by it - I have long loved to read poetry. Especially Blok, Pushkin, Akhmadulina, Samoilov...
Then ... Then again the school where I was awarded a certificate! The school classes seemed to split in two - some remembered me as a graduate Galya Golova, while others met the mathematician Galina Ivanovna. Native walls, they say, help, but it is probably more difficult for a teacher to start in them. Little by little, perhaps not everything has improved, but a lot, the main thing ...
My hero in real life? Perhaps the closest thing to Ernesto Che Guevara is the Danko of the Cuban revolution.
A flame raged in him - the fire of the desire to give all of himself to people, so that the fate of the destitute would be better ...
Do I remember guys? Of course! After all, Artek is, first of all, friendship. I would very much like to see again Valera Tselera from Kyivian, Muscovites Rafik Aisin and Ira Makarova. I remember very well our counselors Ilgizar Khabirovich and Mara Augustovna, I am glad to "hear" everyone and, of course, to meet in person - now such an opportunity seems quite real.
Henrietta Kkrupina: "Our collection is a biography of a generation"
Each issue of "Youth" brings me back to Artek first of all. You experience great joy reading new letters, learning about the fate of friends and restored ties. But first you remember, of course, the time when in 1967 we all met for the first time.
Once they held a somewhat unusual gathering in the camp: "Tell me about me." By that time we had already got to know each other enough. And I really wanted to know how you yourself showed yourself, what opinion your comrades had about you. I had to listen to assessments - pleasant and not very pleasant. It was a good lesson, we learned to give objective assessments of our own and other people's actions and behavior.
Now I have to talk from magazine pages mainly about myself, which is much more difficult. But the old collection is not forgotten, it encourages sincerity.
At the rally, I represented the pioneers of the city of Yaransk, but above all our squad, our squad named after Arkady Gaidar. I was 13 years old at the time and had just entered the seventh grade. It is therefore difficult to convey what great happiness I experienced when the delegate ticket was handed to me. It is very dear that my joy was shared in those days by the whole squad.
At school, I was fond of social work, loved to draw, design wall newspapers. In Artek, she also turned out to be an editor. I read a lot, but I swallowed the most diverse books, there was no definite choice. Now I understand what a serious shortcoming it is. She did not have a definite dream, a clearly defined goal. I wanted to become like pilots, like heroes that I had to read about. So vague dreams, in my opinion, most teenagers. I lowered the note into a bottle, about the same content ... I thought about taking up drawing seriously. But everything turned out differently, simpler, more ordinary and, probably, not so bad.
Mom worked at the Iranian oil plant. And when I graduated from the ten-year school, I went, as they say, in her footsteps. She left for Kirov and entered a vocational school, began to study as a buttermaker. The transition from childhood heroic dreams to the prosaic did not turn out to be some kind of misfortune for me, a collapse of hopes. Entering the vocational school was, as it were, a natural continuation of the school.
At the school, I was awarded the title of apparatchik of the 3rd category. It became natural for me to return to the factory where I did my internship. I quickly got acquainted with all the technology and equipment there. I just looked at production not from the outside, as before, but more thoroughly, in a businesslike way. She began her career in the receiving and equipment shop, then mastered all the processes of milk processing.
Wonderful, sincere people met me at the factory. True, they did not attach an official mentor to me. But I felt the caring help of the craftswomen every day. Therefore, I consider my mentors to be the receptionist Tamara Vasilievna Senerina and the apparatchik Faina Ivanovna Ateeva. Thanks to them, from the first day of work, I felt like the right person in the shop. I now remember factory workers with filial gratitude. There was someone to take as an example now not only from books - from life.
For the first time I had to vote in 1973, and at the same time I myself was elected a deputy of the City Council: a double event happened. At first, not just excitement - I experienced some kind of confusion. But it did not last long. At that time, I was already a member of the Komsomol factory committee and later headed it. I had experience of communicating with people, and the Artek hardening had an effect - the nomination did not take me by surprise. Recalling the past, I see that I passed from school to independent life without any "breaking".
Difficulties, and considerable ones, arose when I finally decided to study further. I had to go through a period of doubt, uncertainty: in five years, much of the school curriculum was forgotten. Let it not seem pompous, then in my mind I returned to my favorite childhood heroes - Pavel Korchagin, Alexei Maresyev, I wanted to strengthen my spirit. I decided: I will remember the forgotten, I will overcome, I will achieve. And when I passed the entrance exams and passed the competition to the university, my "adult" dream came true. So I'm satisfied with what I've achieved.
Now I am a student at the Moscow Technological Institute of the Meat and Dairy Industry, finishing my second year. The first year of classes was especially hard. And I passed the last session without triples, and there was no end to the joy. Everything happens in life. But if no surprises happen, after graduation from the institute I will return to Yaransk. I will work at a new milk powder plant. My place in life is outlined already today, in my future I am sure that it has a real basis. In the meantime, my house is an institute hostel.
When I went to Moscow, I knew where the former widowers Ira Makarova and Rafik Aisin live. But the addresses changed, and they had to conduct searches, which turned out to be not an easy task. But now I am very glad that I can tell about them at the same time. Ira got married, her surname is Stepanyav; I call her academic secretary. In the State Committee for Science and Technology, she really works as a secretary. Ira graduated from a specialized school, was elected there as a Komsomol organizer. Her son Alyosha was already finishing the first grade. When we first met, she did not recognize me, I arranged an "unforeseen" meeting, I did not immediately name myself. Ira looked at me for a long time, then uncertainly said: "It was as if we met with you." Then, of course, we rushed to each other:
Rafik Aisin - radio engineer; he is a very busy "person - both in his main work and in social work. His son Renat is growing up. And our Leah Shevchenko, the former Prokudina, also moved to the Moscow region from Rostov-on-Don. She graduated from a construction institute, studied in absentia, now a gas supply engineer .
In Moscow, as usual, a small detachment of "fellowship" was formed, our small gathering. On behalf of all of us, I would like to say thank you to Natasha Kramarenko: she wrote her letter to the editor just in time. After all, much has been forgotten, but inevitably. A film about Artek was recently broadcast on television. There are footage of the guys leaving the camp: you see how no one can keep from crying. I know for myself how hard it is to be apart. You promise to write and not to forget, you sincerely believe that this is how it will turn out. After all, no one knows the real worries, worries, lack of time. No one thinks that there are sudden moves ahead, and a change of surnames, and military service, that life paths may diverge. Therefore, I would like to say to today's Artek residents: if you decide not to lose sight of each other, to meet again, set short terms for future meetings, at least in absentia, to one or two fixed addresses.
We have matured.
Today, many of us have children studying, preparing to enter the first grade. Everyone is independent, everyone has big changes. But Valery Tselera doubts: "Will others be interested in my life?"
It is difficult, of course, to expect that in one of the letters an unusual fate will be revealed, that among thirty biographies there will also be a heroic one. But when I ask myself differently: "Will others be interested in our life?" - Doubt becomes less.
Two five-year plans have passed since the Artek rally, the country celebrated its sixtieth anniversary, adopted a new Constitution. For essays and articles, people are chosen in advance, knowing that they have already managed to accomplish something characteristic, striking. When the editorial office decided to "take on" us, our detachment was, as I imagine, an equation with many unknowns, no one knew anything about us. We ourselves heard less and less about each other. But when our letters are published, a kind of collective biography of one post-war generation will be compiled. In this sense, probably, each new letter is interesting.
Simonov said very subtly and precisely: "... In letters, everything seems to us that it will not be written like that." Looking forward to the day we all see each other. In the meantime, I send greetings to all Artek residents!
Valery Tselera: "I work as a locksmith"
In the third issue of our magazine, a letter from Natalia Kramarenko "Collection ten years later" was published. Natasha told about the guys from Artek, who ten years ago at a campfire gathering wrote a kind of "letter to the future" - everyone shared their dreams, plans, hopes. The guys, following the romantic tradition, buried their notes under the Artek cypress. How was the fate of the guys? What have they become? Were their dreams and expectations justified? Valery Tselera, a locksmith from Kyiv, was the first to respond to Natasha's letter.
I thought for a long time before I decided to respond to Natasha Kramarenko's letter. No, I'm sure the guys haven't forgotten me. The point is: Do I have something to tell them? Will they be interested in my life? After all, in general, in the ten years since our meeting in Artek, nothing remarkable has happened to me. I did not accomplish any feats, I do not have any outstanding deeds: I work as a mechanical assembly fitter at the pilot production of the Kyiv Research Institute of Mechanics of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. My rank, however, is the highest - the sixth, but yes, there are many such locksmiths in our production.
And yet I decided to write:
I still have the Artek uniform at home - the same one that we were given on July 13, 1967, when we - guys of different nationalities, from different cities and republics - arrived in Artek for the All-Union Pioneer Meeting. All of us - boys and girls - were given exactly the same uniform: shorts, a khaki shirt, a pioneer tie: But, strangely, this uniform did not depersonalize us, as one might expect, did not make everyone look the same. Each of us was what he really was, and it didn’t matter whether you were from a city or a village, whether you had a beautiful shirt, whether a dress was fashionable or so-so, something else was valued. Artek was a test for us for sincerity, for the ability to live in a team - and we all passed it.
Even before coming to Artek, I had a solid (if this word is applicable to a sixteen-year-old guy) experience of pioneer work. I was the commissioner of the Kyiv City Pioneer Headquarters, I wore a banner at all pioneer parades. On May 19, 1966, on the birthday of the pioneer organization, he carried the banner along Red Square in Moscow at the parade. In the same year he went to Czechoslovakia on an exchange between the urban pioneer headquarters of the socialist countries. In the camp "Mountain", in our team "Diamond", I was one of the most senior delegates of the rally. I was sixteen, I moved into the tenth grade:
In order to understand what Artek is, one must try to visit it in childhood. Artek impresses not so much with the sea that splashes near the houses themselves, and with cypress trees, and with various amusements (new every day), but with relationships with the guys around you, which are established as if by themselves, without any effort on your part. Now, when I read about "new relations in a socialist society", I always remember Artek. Although it may be naive. I remember the guys - the delegates of the All-Union rally: Liya Prokudina - the head of the city pioneer headquarters of Rostov-on-Don, Sasha Voronkov - a shy rural boy (he collected a ton of scrap metal alone and was very surprised when he found out that he was elected a delegate to this rally). I remember a girl from Uzbekistan, Matluba. At the "dream evening", when we were sitting on the seashore and talking about the future - about who will become who, about how we will meet in ten years on Red Square near the monument to Minin and Pozharsky, she said: ": It's not so soon But I think by this time I will have few more children and I will be able to come: ". "How much will it be?" someone asked. "Well: five, probably: - answered Matluba. - What do you think, there are eleven of us in the family!"
How selflessly, how sincerely we were friends! I remember two white drawing paper on the wall. Write on one "What do you like about Artek?" On the other: "What do you not like?". This was our survey. They wrote without hiding, who thought what. I remember someone wrote: "Everything is fine, only we don't swim much!". We, the activists, replied: "You came here to do pioneering work, gain experience, and not swim at all!" We were so serious: And at the same time funny: I was one of the oldest, I often had to organize various events. I remember that I got so carried away, so twirled with Your Dream that evening, when we buried a bottle with notes under the cypress, that I myself forgot that I also had to put the note down. But, fortunately, someone remembered me, and my note fell into the bottle last:
Pioneer leaders and teachers then told me: "You have a real gift for working with children. You need to enter the pedagogical one." I myself saw my future in this. Read Makarenko, Ushinsky. My favorite poet was then Mayakovsky, and my favorite writer was Gaidar. After graduating from school, I entered the Kyiv University at the philological faculty - I wanted to study Russian literature. Did not work out. Didn't score the required points: That same summer I went to Simferopol to see Zhenya Glavatsky, my friend from Artek. We visited the camp with him. Everything is the same, only the guys in Artek are completely different. We stood at the place where we buried the bottle. I was sad then. The first failures are perceived especially hard.
I went to work in pilot production at the Academic Institute of Superhard Materials - in the department of technical control. Along the way, he continued to be an honorary commissar of the city pioneer headquarters. Went to headquarters every Sunday.
I worked in the OTK for about a year, it's time to go to serve in the army:
He was a sergeant and a platoon leader. I have dozens of people under my command. The army is, of course, not a pioneer headquarters, but the experience of communicating with people was useful to me there. If all these years of my "commissar" were not behind me, it would be much more difficult for me in the army. Other sergeants, also platoon commanders, often asked: "How do you manage to keep discipline and not get into conflicts with subordinates?" And I didn't really know how I could do it. Probably, we need to be a little more patient, a little more attentive to people, to sincerely try to understand - these are our results.
I will never forget how guys from the Kyiv Pioneer Headquarters once came to my unit! Then I even almost cried: The guys were on an excursion to Moscow and - wow - they did not forget their former commissar. We found a part and arrived by train! Then I thought that failure is a matter of life; think about it, you didn’t get in, the main thing is that you have real friends who remember and love you. And it's not all that small after all! The guys said they couldn't wait for me to return to headquarters. "Which headquarters?" I shrugged. "I'm old for this:"
I was twenty years old
After the army, I returned to my previous job at the Institute of Superhard Materials, only to become a mechanic. I started with the most elementary things, gradually went to the ranks. Everyone who worked there helped me. After all, I didn’t graduate from any vocational school, I had to master the specialty “on the go”. And mastered. And what to do, you don’t want to lag behind others! I applied to the party. Entered the preparatory department at the university. This time to the Faculty of Philosophy. It was hard to go there. After the work of the plottor, an hour to the university, an hour and a half back. So it turned out that I spent almost three hours every day on the road.
Gradually began to get into the taste of his locksmith work. We have been producing diamond saw blades for stone processing. A year later, I was elected to the party bureau of the district and to the party committee of the institute. I was responsible for youth work:
I know, they sometimes say about me - "did not go out into the people:". In my opinion, nothing could be more stupid than this wording. After all, if everyone went to universities, then who would be at the machines? And yet I still have not abandoned the thought of studying. Although now it will be much more difficult: a wife, a child! I myself feel the incompleteness of my education, but I am satisfied with the level of my own knowledge. I want to learn! I want to get a serious humanitarian education. “Isn’t it too late to retrain?” I was once asked. After all, you are a locksmith of the highest rank: “I began to explain that I was not going to retrain at all and give up the profession of a locksmith. So I will work as a mechanic, but I need to study. Because only then will come in my life (I'm not afraid of this word) harmony!
The work I have now is very interesting, mainly because there is no monotony in it. You take drawings from the designer - you know that no one has made this machine before you. You're the first! I had to work on a laser reflector, and on the most complex mirror, and on machines for testing samples of materials for bending, compression, and torsion. Now, for example, we are making a vacuum table. I'm not only a locksmith, I have a related specialty sharpener. Sometimes they say to me: why, they say, stuck in this pilot production? Go to a big factory, you will get three times more! Yes, I will, I do not argue. But what I value most in my current job is the element of creativity. Because the designer brings you only blueprints. How to make a part, with what tool, how to do it better and more efficiently - you decide for yourself. Sometimes you suddenly come up with a completely unexpected thing - you run to engineers, to designers. Together we think:
In general, people who, like me, value the element of independence and creativity in their work above all work in our pilot production. Vasily Chernykh, for example - we came here with him on the same day - a milling machine. He sometimes even suggests original solutions to experienced designers. A very educated person. He can talk about literature and art for hours. Avid theatergoer. And at the same time he knows his profession thoroughly! He understands and supports my desire to learn. "Twenty-seven years old," he says, "is not such an age to stop:"
But twenty-seven is such an age when you suddenly discover with surprise that you are not so young, that there are a lot of guys at the factory who are younger than you: Still, I was very surprised when I was recently elected chairman of the council of mentors. Three people are included in this council: the most experienced turner Nikolai Ivanenko, milling machine Alfred Rubanov - also older than me - and me. “Nothing,” they told me, “you will do well:” And indeed, it went! Recently, I trained my first ward, Petya Tolpekin, to become a second-class locksmith. And the boy is not yet sixteen! Who am I to him if not a senior friend and mentor?
Last summer I went with a team of builders to BAM. He worked for a month at Baikal. Time passes quickly, you work at your factory, and people build highways, oil pipelines - they write about them in the newspapers, they talk on the radio. It became interesting to me, and I went. For a month, of course, it is difficult to delve into all the subtleties, but I liked it at BAM. Really smart guys work there. Recently they sent a letter asking if I would like to go to their region with my family. I haven't decided yet:
Here, perhaps, my "portrait" for today. A more or less detailed description of the ten years that have passed since the All-Union rally in Artek. But I want to say one more thing: always, when I was unlucky, when it became difficult for me, when life, as the sailors say, "given a list," the memories of Artek always came to my aid. Yes, we were, in essence, children, yes, life turned out to be much more difficult than we thought, yes, not all dreams come true, but still Artek remains for me a synonym for friendship, happiness and faith in the future.
I involuntarily remembered how in Artek they taught to put out fires. Only white gold burns hotter: approaching the fire is not easy. Yet together they brought down the flames. It would be unthinkable: to lose the harvest...
I still live in Turkmenistan, in the city of Mary, from where I also left for Artek. Now I work in the regional committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League as an instructor of the department. Komsomol committee, propagandist. And also a member of the bureau of the city committee of the trade union of cultural workers. In addition, a part-time student, in the future I hope to become a philologist.
Leah Shevchenko (Prokudina):
After school, I entered the Rostov "Promstroyniiproekt", and became a student at the construction institute,. But while studying and working, not for a single day did she part with "Torkozh" - the city headquarters, its name is close even now to every Rostov pioneer.
My husband - Igor Shevchenko - is also a former "staff officer", became an officer. Together with him she moved to the Moscow region.
The year before last, I was accepted into the party. Then I defended my diploma and now I work as an engineer. But I am drawn to all the red-tie girls and boys. And before, when I was preparing projects, sometimes instead of numbers and formulas, rallies, discussions arose before my eyes, and in my thoughts - new ideas about the life of the children of our town.
However, public affairs and so it is enough. My party assignment is to lead an elementary political school. I like to lead classes, to prepare for them. issue wall papers. Roads and labor in the specialty. And yet, at school, I think I could somehow be more substantial, do something more for society.
Lyuba Veselova (Shalunova):
My history of the Artek voucher is connected with the Kostroma boarding school, the one where I graduated from the eight-year school. She was considered an activist, studied well, was fond of sports - volleyball. Over time, the confidence of the guys came, she became the chairman of the detachment. He set a goal to achieve the right to be called "The Seagull" - so affectionately called, then the first woman cosmonaut V. N. Tereshkova. So, the detachment was awarded this name, and he held it proudly.
After a decade, she graduated from medical school and became a midwife. My childhood dream came true - I wanted to become a doctor. And to be honest, I'm not entirely satisfied with what I've achieved. I think I could have achieved more - to get a higher education. She herself is infinitely obliged to the doctor Valentina Mikhailovna Balkanova. If it weren't for her kind heart and priceless hands, I wouldn't have my Aleshenka. And now he is three years old.
When they say: “Leave your mark on the earth!”, I think of people like Valentina Mikhailovna.
Alla Andreevna Zimina (Telitsyna):
July 1978 marked the 30th anniversary of my existence. for the first time I saw the Black Sea, cypresses and a beautiful camp on the shore.
For us, children who remember the war, the years of evacuation, the difficulties of the post-war years, the meeting with Artek made an indelible impression. Then we also had a romantic tradition of putting notes with wishes in the hollow of a large oak tree. Most of our wishes were about preserving and carrying through the years of pioneer friendship and meeting more often.
We met several times in Moscow. Our traditional gathering place was the square of the Bolshoi Theater, and we ended our meeting on Red Square, where we quietly sang: “Our Artek, our Artek, never forget you!”
At that time, I didn’t really think about these lines, but now three decades have passed, and I can safely say: the days spent in Artek are unforgettable.
We had a lot of cheerful, friendly and good girls. We often argued, joked and, of course, dreamed ... At that time, I really wanted to become a doctor. This dream probably originated during the evacuation, in Siberia. I, then a student of the 2nd grade of the Prokopyevsk school, took part in amateur performances and performed in hospitals (I remember singing “The Modest Blue Handkerchief”) in front of the wounded.
In Artek, there was a doctor in our detachment who talked a lot and enthusiastically about medicine, about his work. Meeting this man further strengthened in me the idea of choosing the profession of a doctor. But I never became one. After graduating from the Moscow Mining Institute, she received an engineering diploma. And for 21 years I have been working as a senior researcher at the Institute of Economics and Information of the Coal Industry, doing scientific editing in my specialty. Joined the ranks of the CPSU ...
Artek once played a big role in instilling in me such qualities as a sense of camaraderie, responsibility for the task assigned, mutual assistance and mutual assistance. It is very important not to lose them on the sometimes difficult path of life.
Now the main thing for me is to raise children as real people: to teach them, to love work, not to be indifferent to someone else's misfortune and to try to be pioneers in all small and big things all my life.
"Artek" - a camp of international importance, located in the south. In Soviet times, this children's center was positioned as the most prestigious camp for children, a visiting card of a pioneer organization. About the rest in this wonderful place will be discussed in this article.
Location
Where is Artek located? It is located in the vicinity of the village of Gurzuf, in the southern part of the Crimean peninsula. It is distinguished by its extraordinary beauty and attracts the attention of tourists from all over the world. The camp is located 12 kilometers from the resort town of Yalta. It occupies an area of 208 hectares, of which 102 hectares are green spaces - parks and squares. From Mount Ayu-Dag to the urban-type settlement of Gurzuf, a coastline with children's beaches stretched for seven kilometers. In the city of Tokyo in 2000, the children's camp "Artek" was recognized as the best among 100,000 similar recreation centers in 50,000 countries of the world.
Camp name
Artek is a camp that got its name from its location. The children's center is located on the banks of the Artek River in the tract of the same name. There are different opinions regarding the origin of the lexeme "artek". Some researchers believe that it goes back to the Greek words "άρκτος" (bear) or "oρτύκια" (quail). In Arabic historical sources there is a mention of the country inhabited by the Russians "Artania", located in the Black Sea Rus.
In the children's center itself, a version about the "quail" origin of the name of the camp is popular. There is a song called "Artek - a quail island." This stable expression has firmly entered the lexicon of guests and workers of the children's camp.
Story
Pioneer camp "Artek" in the Crimea initially served as a sanatorium for children suffering from tuberculosis. The initiative to create such an institution belonged to Zinovy Petrovich Solovyov, chairman of the Red Cross Society in Russia. For the first time, the camp opened its doors to young guests in 1925, on June 16th. During the first shift, Artek was visited by 80 children from the Crimea, Ivanovo-Voznesensk and Moscow. In 1926, foreign guests appeared here - pioneers from Germany.
Initially, Artek residents lived in tarpaulin tents. Two years later, plywood houses appeared in the camp. The 30s of the last century were marked for Artek by the construction of a winter building in the upper park. In 1936, order-bearing pioneers, awarded with government awards, came to the camp, and in 1937, guests from Spain.
During the difficult years of the Second World War, the camp was evacuated to Stalingrad, and later to the city of Belokurikha in the Altai Territory. In 1944, after the liberation of Crimea from the Nazi occupation, Artek began to be restored. In 1945, the territory of the camp increased to its present size.
Since 1969, Artek has been a camp with 3 medical centers, 150 buildings for various purposes, the Artekfilm film studio, a school, a stadium, 3 swimming pools and several playgrounds.
Prestigious award
The Artek camp, which in Soviet times was considered a prestigious bonus for special achievements in the study and social life of the country, annually hosted approximately 27,000 children. The guests of honor of the camp were personalities known throughout the world: Yashin Lev, Tereshkova Valentina, Spock Benjamin, Ho Chi Minh, Togliatti Palmiro, Skoblikova Lydia, Schmidt Otto, Jawaharlal Nehru, Khrushchev Nikita, Kekkonen Urho, Gandhi Indira, Gagarin Leonid, Jean-Bedel Bokassa. In 1983, in July, an American Samantha Smith came to Artek.
For a long time "Artek" was a place for receiving delegations from countries near and far abroad.
The history of modern "Artek"
"Artek" is a camp belonging to Ukraine until recently (March 2014). Children from poor families, disabled people, orphans and gifted children rested there free of charge or on a subsidized basis. The full cost of living in Artek for three weeks was $1050-2150. Recent years have been difficult for this children's center, it has ceased to be year-round, in the summer its occupancy reached only 75%.
Now there are nine camps in Artek, some of which were planned to be converted into family boarding houses and youth centers. In 2008, in September, it was announced that the famous children's camp would become the training base for the national Olympic team. These plans were not destined to come true, however, in 2009, the general director of Artek, Boris Novozhilov, announced that due to funding problems, the children's center could be closed forever. The camp really stopped working, and its leader went on a hunger strike in protest. In 2009, a rally was held in Moscow in defense of Artek. It was organized on the initiative of people who once had a rest in the camp.
Structure
"Artek" is a camp with a complex and branched structure, which has changed along with the development of this children's center. At the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Artek included five camps that could accommodate 10 pioneer squads: Cypress, Azure, Coastal, Mountain and Marine. This structure has survived to this day, but now the former pioneer squads are called children's camps, and the Coastal and Mountain buildings are called camp complexes. In addition, Artek includes two mountain camp sites: Krinichka and Dubrava.
Museums of Artek
Many attractions are located on the territory of the international children's center "Artek". The camp has several museums. The oldest of them - local history - has existed since 1936.
Guests of Artek are always attracted by the Aerospace Exhibition, created on the initiative of Yuri Gagarin. Here you can see the space suits of the country's best cosmonauts - Alexei Leonov and Yuri Gagarin, and examine the operating equipment on which the first astronauts trained.
In the Artek History Museum, opened in 1975, you can get acquainted with the main stages of the development of the camp, see the gifts presented to the children's center by various guests and delegations.
The youngest museum in Artek is the Marine Exhibition. Its exposition will tell about the history of the Russian fleet.
historical objects
Before the revolution, the vast territory on which the Artek camp is located (you can see the photos in this article) belonged to the nobles of various classes. Built in 1903, the Suuk-Su Palace testifies to this. This ancient building in 1937 was included in the "Artek". Now it hosts concerts and festive events, meetings and exhibitions.
In the family crypt of the owners of the estate - Olga Solovieva and Vladimir Berezin - a dump was arranged in Soviet times. Now the burial place has been cleared, on its walls you can see a fresco depicting Saints Vladimir and Olga.
Many ancient architectural monuments have been preserved on the territory of Artek: the Eagle's Nest hotel, the communication center building, a greenhouse, a pump room and others. They were erected at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries.
Even older buildings are located in the eastern part of the camp. Their names are associated with the names of the owners of local lands: the Metalnikovs, Viner, Hartvis, Potemkins, Olizar. Now the buildings continue to function as premises for economic and cultural needs.
In the western part of Artek, you can admire the ruins of a Genoese fortress that protected the local coast from the 11th to the 15th century. In the rock of Genevez Kaya, on which the structure was erected, a tunnel has been preserved, punched to observe the sea.
natural objects
Ayu-Dag, or Bear Mountain, is a popular tourist attraction and a symbol of the southern coast of Crimea. The eastern border of Artek rests against it. Thanks to this mountain, the camp is protected from strong winds blowing from the sea. Ayu-Dag is firmly entrenched in the minds of Artek residents as part of the culture and life of the famous camp. The first residents of Artek climbed this mountain and left messages for the next shift in a huge hollow of a hundred-year-old oak that grew in the forests of Ayu-Dag. Bear-mountain is dedicated to many songs and poems.
In the books of Ilyina Elena "Bear Mountain" and "The Fourth Height" tells about the adventures of Artek people during trips to this mountain. The bear cub - the symbolic designation of Ayu-Dag - became one of the mascots of the Artek camp, it was a great honor for honored guests of the camp to receive it as a gift. The comic rite "Initiation into Artek" is still traditionally held on the slopes of the famous mountain.
The surroundings of the Artek camp are decorated with two sea cliffs. They are called "Adalary", and they are also a symbol. Each squad at the end of the shift is traditionally photographed against the backdrop of these rocks.
Worthy of attention are also "Shalyapinskaya Rock" and "Pushkin Grotto". These remarkable objects are connected with the life and life of our two wonderful compatriots.
parks
The true decoration of the international children's center are the parks. Their importance was emphasized by the founder of the camp - Solovyov. Park construction began even before the construction of a children's health resort in the Artek tract. The camp, whose Crimean splendor of nature is striking in its brilliance and diversity, is decorated with various types of shrubs and trees. Sequoia and pine, cedar and cypress, magnolia and oleander grow on the territory of Artek. Here the olive grove rustles and the blooming lilacs are fragrant. Alleys and paths are intertwined in a bizarre pattern, complemented by strict silhouettes of stone stairs. Artek parks are filled with bushes trimmed in the form of funny animals, they have real green labyrinths where you can really get lost.
In the Friendship Square, located on the territory of the Lazurny camp, 48 cedars grow, planted by children from forty-eight countries. They symbolize peace and friendship between the peoples of different countries.
Artek parks are monuments of gardening art.
"Artek" in the art of cinema
Since its foundation, Artek has been actively used for filming various films. Thanks to the abundance of sunny days a year, diverse exotic flora, mountainous terrain, picturesque seashore, the proximity of the branch and free children's extras, the Crimean coast of the Artek camp has become a favorite place for domestic directors. Films were filmed here: "Captain Blood's Odyssey", "Pirate Empire", "Andromeda Nebula", "Hearts of Three", "Matchmakers-4", "Hello, Children!", "Three", "In Search of Captain Grant" and many other.
What needs to be done to send a child to Crimea?
Children's camp "Artek" hospitably invites everyone to rest. Children aged 10 to 16 are accepted here. From June to September (during the summer period), children from 9 to 16 years old can relax here. Before the arrival of the guys, the ticket must be fully paid by bank transfer or cash. Before settling in the camp, children must undergo an in-depth medical examination, the result of which will be a medical card of the Artek sample. In addition, you need to bring a photocopy of your passport or birth certificate with you.
When checking into the camp, young guests should be provided with: two pairs of shoes for the season (from October to April - waterproof and warm), indoor slippers, sports shoes, swimming and tracksuits, socks. Also, the guys should have hygiene items with them: soap, toothbrushes, combs and handkerchiefs. "Artek" is a camp, the Crimean healing climate of which will have a beneficial effect on the health and well-being of your children.
How to get to Artek?
A huge territory of 208 hectares is occupied by Artek. The map of the camp is provided for study in this article. To get to this children's center, you first need to come to the city of Simferopol. The administration of the camp must be warned about the arrival in advance - 7 days before settling. It is necessary to inform in writing about the time of arrival, the number of people, the flight number or the number of the train and carriage. Then you will be met, taken to the camp, and, if necessary, provided with food and overnight at the base-hotel of the Artek youth children's center in Simferopol. You must arrive strictly within the time specified in the ticket. Return tickets are purchased at the expense of camp visitors. "Artek" is a camp, reviews of which make you want to visit it.
Time and cost of living
The cost of the Artek camp, that is, accommodation in it, varies depending on the season and the number of days spent in it. The standard stay at the IDC is 21 days. Accommodation for three weeks from December to May will cost 27,000 rubles. The price of staying in the camp in June and September ranges from 35,000 rubles. up to 49,000 rubles for the same period. The most expensive are July and August vouchers, their price reaches 60,000 rubles for 21 days. If for any reason the child leaves the camp ahead of time, then the money for the overpaid days will not be returned. "Artek" is a camp, the prices for accommodation in which are quite high, but they are due to the costs of maintaining and developing the ICC.
Additional services of the camp "Artek"
In addition to the entertainment and health-improving functions, Artek ICC undertakes to:
- If a child becomes ill, provide him with food and appropriate medical care until he recovers.
- Provide a small guest with a uniform for the season (excluding underwear, shoes and hats).
- Be responsible for valuables deposited in the luggage room.
- Ensure the inviolability of the funds that the child will bring with him. To do this, a personal account is opened in the name of each guest. Money is issued at the request of children. The amount that the guys will have with them should be sufficient for buying souvenirs, taking pictures, visiting a cafe and expenses for the return trip.
- To ensure the functioning of the school with a five-day work schedule. Homework will not be given to children. Please bring your own notebooks and pens for the course.
International significance of Artek
Every year the pioneer camp "Artek" is visited by children from different countries. In 1977, children from 107 countries of the planet became guests of the Let There Always Be Sunshine festival! In the late 90s, the tradition of holding such an event was renewed. The festival called "Let's change the world for the better" every year welcomes guests from all over the world. In 2007, this event was attended by children from thirty-six countries, in 2009 - forty-seven. In 2009, it was planned to accept children from seventy different countries. At such festivals, people from all over the world meet, share their cultural and pedagogical experience. The geography of the countries whose representatives come to Artek includes not only the powers of the post-Soviet space, but the whole world (even some exotic states). The most pleasant thing in such events is to observe how quickly children from different countries find a common language. One of the vocations of ICC Artek lies in this important matter.
