Mdc artek children's camp azure photos. Artek. how the most famous children's la has changed. Lazurny is proud of them

Summer holidays for children are very important; their academic performance and well-being for the entire next year depend on its quality. "Artek. Azure" has been considered the keeper of the best traditions for more than half a century children's recreation. This is the most famous of the Artek camps; your parents could have spent their summers here. It was built in 1896 as a sanatorium and resort area, and became part of Artek in 1936. This is a world of sun and sea, fresh air, children's fun and endless joy.

general description

"Artek. Azure" works all year round, accepting up to 400 children at a time. The camp consists of four dachas, each of which is named by color: “Red”, “Green”, “Yellow” and “Blue”. The reception building is the first one visited by arriving children. There is everything you need to get out of the way and also place your things.

"Artek. Azure" is Cultural Center, where children gather annually to not only sunbathe and swim, but also communicate, as well as gain new knowledge and develop physically. For this purpose, there is an excellent library and sports grounds. And in the dining room, the chefs prepare delicious dishes for the children.

Location

Amazing and unique places were simply created by nature itself so that the largest summer children's recreation complex would open here. "Artek. Lazurny" is located 12 km from famous resort called Yalta. The beaches of the camp are located next to Pushkin Rock. The journey takes only 3-4 minutes, so beach holiday priority here. Of course, the camp has certain rules, and you cannot go to the beach on your own, but the counselors take into account the wishes of the children.

Accommodation for children

"Artek. Lazurny (Crimea) offers comfortable two-story dacha buildings for accommodation of young tourists. There are four of them in total in the camp, they differ in color, so from the very first day of moving in, the division of children into groups has already been completed. The buildings have been recently renovated and provide excellent living conditions for children.

Those who come to relax at Artek. Lazurny" (Crimea) are accommodated in rooms of 10 people. Each has a complete set of new furniture. Two-level beds, built-in wardrobes and bedside tables, tables and chairs - everything is made from environmentally friendly materials.

Facilities are located on the floor. This question often worries parents, but children do not experience any inconvenience from the fact that each room is not equipped with a bathroom. All tourists rate the living conditions as very good.

Your children will definitely have good memories of their vacation if they visit Artek once. Camp “Lazurny” is also distinguished by excellent medical care. On the ground floor of the “Blue” building there is a medical room open 24 hours a day, where children can go with any problem.

Children's nutrition

MDC "Artek" (Lazurny is one of its nine camps) is famous for its excellent food. Professional chefs work here, serving delicious and healthy dishes throughout the season. The dining room is a real work of art. It was built back in 1954 in the style of palace architecture.

Food preparation is carried out using modern equipment. A complete reconstruction was carried out in 2004, at which time new equipment was installed. Compliance with sanitary standards here is carefully verified by a special commission, and in the entire history there has never been a case where it discovered violations.

Entertainment

Required documents

The last days before your child leaves for camp are usually very busy, but we must not forget about the necessary documents.

You must have a completed voucher on hand.
At the clinic you will need to undergo an examination and make a certificate of form 079U. You will need to take the document no earlier than 5 days before leaving for the camp.
A copy of the compulsory health insurance policy.

All documents must be provided to the camp administrator during registration, so in order for it to go quickly and without unnecessary worries, you need to take care of them in advance.

Children's camp“Lazurny” has been part of “Artek” since 1937. It was this year that the rest house of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee “Suuk-Su”, in which members of the government rested, was transferred to “Artek” and received the name “Azure”.

Infrastructure

Camp program

A shift in the Lazurny children's camp is not only about swimming in the sea and visiting the historical and cultural sights of Artek and Crimea, but also an opportunity to realize your interests and needs in a variety of gaming, creative, sports and tourist activities. Here you can become not only a spectator, but also a direct participant in various show programs held at numerous gaming and concert venues camps. The program of the children's camp "Lazurny" is aimed at the diversified development of the child's personality through interaction and co-creation in a temporary association of different ages. At the camp, the child’s personal growth occurs, he gains skills in making friendly relationships with peers, learns to live in harmony with himself, the people around him, and nature. This is achieved by participating in large quantities educational programs such as:

	Football squad program
	Children's creativity studio programs
	program of the Children's Marine Flotilla "Artek"
	program of the Mountain Club "Artek"
	Artek Media program
	"Safety School" Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Republic of Crimea
	"Tennis in Artek" Russian Tennis Federation
	International festival of school choirs “Chorus of the World” “All-Russian Choral Society”
	"Children's media holding "Artek" ODO "League of Young Journalists"
	Final of the competition for young readers “Living Classics” Foundation of the Competition for Young Readers “Living Classics”
	MKMI "Children's New Wave" "Academy of Popular Music I. Krutoy"
	Aviation shift “Course for takeoff!” PJSC "United Aircraft Corporation"
	“Urban space of the future for the development of children” ANO “Agency for Strategic Initiatives”
	"Artek - the center of the hockey house "Golden Puck" NGO "Young Hockey Players Club "Golden Puck"
	“System engineering shift “RoboSkart” "Laboratory of Intelligent Technologies "LINTECH" »
	"The world of art in Artek" State Museum and Exhibition Center "ROSIZO"

Lazurny is proud of them

Soviet and Russian pop singer, composer, poet, actor, producer. Honored Artist Russian Federation. People's Artist of the Russian Federation

Soviet and Russian comedian, singer and TV presenter, teacher. Head of the State Parody Theater. People's Artist of the RSFSR

Soviet, Russian, Georgian pop singer (contralto), pianist, composer, actress. Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR, People's Artist of Georgia, People's Artist of Russia

Adalara Rocks – a natural monument and business card Crimea - located in the sea opposite the Lazurny camp.

One of the mysterious places of “Artek” is in “Lazurny”. This is the crypt of the former owners of the Suuk-Su resort, the Berezins, built according to the design of N. Krasnov.

The Pushkin site of “Lazurny” is one of the most famous viewpoints in Crimea; it offers a panoramic view of the area from Mount Ayu-Dag to Cape Martyan (Yalta): the entire “Artek”, Gurzuf, Ai-Danil, Nikita and endless sea expanses.

June 27, 1982 at Pushkin Square A bust of A. S. Pushkin by sculptor A. Emelyantsev was installed in memory of the great poet’s stay in these places.
In Aivazovsky’s famous painting “Pushkin in Crimea near the Gurzuf Rocks” (1899), the poet is depicted on a rock (now Pushkinskaya) in Lazurny. The painting is kept in the Odessa Art Museum.

Pushkin's "Azure" grotto is depicted in a drawing by the Italian artist Carlo Bossoli, included in a unique album of lithographs about the Crimea, published in London in 1856.

In August 1988, students of the Ufa Petroleum Institute completed the construction of the “Pushkin Trail” in the camp park. Construction lasted three summer seasons. At the same time, the Greek Bandstand was built.

July 1954 - a new camp canteen was put into operation (three halls, a cooking room, cutting rooms, etc.) On the ground floor there is a restored “Palekh painting”. Made in 1984 based on the fairy tales of A.S. Pushkin, on the 185th anniversary of the poet’s birth. The authors of the project and the painters are graduate students of the Palekh School. Palekh painting is a type of Russian folk miniature painting made with tempera paints.

Until 1954, only girls rested in the Lazurny camp.

In September 1956, Budyonnovskaya Alley was opened to the camps. On the initiative of the guys of the tenth detachment, shock construction brigades and a “pioneer construction department” were created in the squad. The guys used picks and shovels to widen and plan the path along which 10 years ago in April 1946 S. M. Budyonny walked and talked with the guys.

Glade of Fairy Tales - famous excursion object Yalta - until the 60s it was located in Lazurny.

The 60-70s became for Lazurny the site of all-Union gatherings and gatherings: young friends of the police and border guards, a gathering of the winners of the All-Union tournament of savvy people, a gathering of young philatelists of the country and others.

Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov, a famous cosmonaut, visited Artek residents more than once. After tragic death pilot-cosmonaut in September 1967, the camp was named after the hero. On August 4, 1985, a bust of pilot-cosmonaut Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov, made by sculptor A. Emelyantsev, was installed on the platform near the dining room.

In the 80s, Lazurny began to regularly receive foreign delegations, and international shifts were held.

In 1985, in Lazurny, students of the Ufa Institute began construction of the fairy-tale town “Pushkin Trail” and completed it in 1988.

By the early 90s, the camp had changed noticeably. Thanks to the initiative and energy of the head of the camp, S. Yu. Lebedev, a major overhaul of almost the entire camp was carried out: the summer stage was reconstructed, the “Budenovskaya Alley” was redone, the camp fire area was moved to “Pushkinskaya”. A children's cafe was opened in the camp. Children have the opportunity to learn computers. The camp is fully equipped with telephones and cable television. An aesthetic center has been opened at the 2nd dacha.

In the summer of 2010, the television series “Matchmakers-4” was filmed in Lazurny.

In October 2016, a new dacha, the children decided to call her “White”. All of Artek supported their initiative.

Photo report of the Artek children's camp after reconstruction, which began last year.

Original taken from strajj in "Artek of the Future" is already a reality

Hello, I have prepared a huge photo report about the international children's camp "Artek", if you really want to be stunned by what you see, please. We can talk a lot about how budgets are “saved” in Russia, but the best proof of how they really turn a fairy tale into reality in Russia is the example of “Artek”. When viewing, remember that reconstruction began late last summer. The first photo shows a 3D project, and here is the completed project (by the anniversary of Artek on June 16, the scaffolding will already be removed):

This giant screen has an area of 120 square meters. The design consists of 200 thousand LED elements connected by a single control that allows you to reproduce any image. The media facade can work as a full-fledged screen and any image, video or full-fledged film can be displayed on it, including live broadcast. The screen installed in Artek has no analogues in Russia yet, since it will transmit an image of increased brightness both at night and during the day. At the same time, the system includes an anti-vandal coating and a light sensor - at night the brightness of the inscription will be reduced so as not to blind drivers.

By the way, on June 16, Artek turns 90 years old. June 16, 1925 in a cozy and picturesque bay, where peace and quiet is guarded by the ancient Ayu-Dag, children's voices began to sound and a flag soared high to the sound of a bugle - this is how the camp-sanatorium of the Red Cross Society of the RSFSR in Artek opened its first shift in Crimea.

"Artek" is located in Crimea, in one of most beautiful places planet - on the Black Sea coast, 12 km from the famous southern coastal resort - the city of Yalta, in the urban village of Gurzuf. “Artek” occupies an area of 208 hectares, of which 102 hectares are parks. Coastline with children's beaches stretches for 7 km from Mount Ayu-Dag (Bear Mountain) to the village of Gurzuf. Created in 1925, a small summer camping Over the past decades, Artek has turned into a country of childhood - a complex of 10 children's camps with developed infrastructure.

Each of the 10 Artek camps captivates with its special atmosphere.
Children's camps "Morskoy", "Yantarny", "Khrustalny" accept children in new comfortable buildings with modern interiors.
In the shady greenery of the parks there are 4 summer camps of the Pribrezhny complex - “Lesnoy”, “Polevoy”, “Rechnoy”, “Ozerny”.
Camps "Lazurny" and "Kiparisny" have their own unique story and architecture.

At the disposal of children in “Artek” there are 36 dormitory buildings, 10 canteens, a fleet of 50 buses, a children's base-hotel in the city of Simferopol with 200 beds, a health center and a medical complex with 145 beds; pleasure boat "Artek" with 150 seats; a yacht club with the possibility of mooring 30 vessels, two Internet clubs, a cinema. There are 20 clubs, 5 libraries, television and the Artekfilm studio for children. The Artek museum and exhibition complex includes 5 museums. Among them is the Cosmos Museum, founded in 1967 by the planet’s first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin. Here are presented unique exhibits that have been in space and were presented to Artek residents by cosmonauts from different countries.

The Artek sports facility meets international standards. For those who are friends with sports and prefer leisure, Artek has 11 equipped sports fields and courts, 4 new outdoor swimming pools with slides, a Sports Palace with an indoor swimming pool, gymnastics and gyms. The Artek central stadium with 7,000 seats meets all international FIFA standards.

Artek has a new modern school with 1,270 places. Artek students who came to rest at the center during the school year study there.

In the Crimean mountains nature reserve"Artek" owns two tourist bases - "Dubrava" (1100 m above sea level) and "Krinichka" (700 m above sea level); each of them can accommodate 40 people at a time.
The safety of children at Artek is ensured by a special police department and the security department of the children's center.

Taking this opportunity, I want to boast that I was in Artek in 1995 and spent a wonderful shift in the Khrustalny camp. Having been there now, I remember what happened then and I simply can’t believe my eyes now. In the photo there is my squad against the backdrop of the Ayu-Dag mountain, and if my memory serves me right, a piece of the sports complex peeks out on the right, now you will see how Russia reconstructed it.

In front of us is a sports complex, with a huge screen above the entrance.

This is the dining room, we'll go to it later

Children go to lunch

Each camp has its own emblem

Technology, or rather nanotechnology, has changed everywhere at Artek

Let's go to the pool

This is a dressing room, everything is done to perfection

And here is the pool, it’s just mega cool

There are inflatable bathing facilities for small children

But older children swim for a while in the neighboring pool

These are showers

You can see for yourself that everything is made from very high quality materials, only there is still not enough gold, but everything is there

But the gym, the parquet floor is so shiny that it lights up the photographs. The gym is simply Olympic level.

In everything sports complex There is an air conditioning system; in the gym alone there are 16 huge air conditioners.

This is the building of the Yantarny camp, we will go there later, but now we are going to the canteen, to be honest, I don’t dare call it a canteen.

And here is the dining room of the restaurant for children. I remember this building was completely different, we also went to eat in this dining room and it didn’t look very nice, to put it mildly (remember the Soviet double-glazed windows)

Here is a squad from our brotherly Belarus, there were also guys from Kazakhstan, that’s right, the camp is international.

Children from the Khrustalny camp eat here; each camp has its own separate dining room.

But the dining room of the Yantarny camp, everyone has a different interior

Meals for children in the canteens of the children's camps of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "MDC "Artek" are carried out according to the type " buffet" The children's menu consists of three sets to choose from. The proposed complexes are developed taking into account the requirements of SanPin 2.4.4.3155-13 “Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for the design, maintenance and organization of work of stationary organizations for recreation and health improvement of children”, SanPin 2.4.5.2409-08 “Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for the organization of meals for students in educational institutions , primary and secondary institutions vocational education» and other sanitary and hygienic norms and rules established by current legislation. Meals at Artek are comprehensive, five times a day (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, second dinner) with strict adherence to the time between meals (no more than 4 hours). On school days, afternoon snacks are delivered to the school.

Form in "Artek" from Bosco

The menu is displayed on LCD screens above the dispensing line

Regarding the quality of the repair, I think you can see everything for yourself, well, for example, this serving table is completely made of artificial stone

The children are all positive. By the way, we asked the children for what merits they got here and there really are no “thieves”, all for achievements either in sports or in some other disciplines. In general, the future of Russia rests in Artek.

The furniture is super, we tried it ourselves

Washstands, as you can see, everything is at the highest level

Dryers, honestly the first time I saw such

These are the canteens near the Khrustalny and Yantarny camps.

Let's go to the Morskoy camp

On the way to the Morskoy camp, we saw a monument to the Ukrainian Artek; under Ukraine, Artek survived, or rather survived. Under Ukraine, the camp gradually fell into disrepair.

Each building has the following air conditioning systems.

We arrived at the Morskoy camp

We go to the first residential building we come across.

Honestly, everything is without preparation and spontaneously

6 people live in a room, each child has an individual locker

There is also a toilet in the room

And shower

This is the bedroom

And this is the view from the bedroom window

Monument to “The first Artek line took place here.” In modern "Artek" they treat the history of the camp very carefully and combine the past with modern "Artek"

There is an olive grove in the Morskoy camp

Children go to lunch

The interior of the Morskoy camp dining room is radically different from previous dining rooms.

At Artek they didn’t forget about people with disabilities, this made me very happy

The menu is also displayed on the LCD

Freshly squeezed juices are poured for children

Everyone's faces are happy, you can't hide it

Clean and tidy, it’s nice to see what we have, and not in some Europe

Whoever says that this is a dining room should throw a stone at me. In reality, we have few such restaurants. Of course it’s cool, a dining room with such a view.

This is what the dining room looks like from the outside

Beaches "Artek". Further on, where huge stones are scattered in the sea, there is the Lazurny camp, we will go there soon

Now we will go to the “bonfire”, it is located near the sea, there is also a square with an amphitheater for guests. Artek bonfires were lit here in the early years.

Each camp has service electric vehicles that you can use to move around inside Artek.

And here is the amphitheater

Well done, camp "Morskoy"

This area hosts all sorts of events and also serves as a place for physical exercise.

Now we are going to the Yantarny camp

Creative children relax in Artek

Please, everything is mature, there is a schedule and no one will be left idle

What pleasantly surprised me was that 6 people live in the rooms, and not like before the whole squad

The furniture and the interior itself are simply at the highest level, and from the faces of the guys it’s clear that they like everything

The girls have the same room

And here is my "Crystal". It’s simply unrecognizable, it’s now like a 5 star hotel.

Children greet everyone with their posters

We won’t go inside until it’s quiet time, it’s just as cool there as in Yantarny.

And here is the famous Artek school. Children jokingly call it "Hogwarts"

Helipad

The central stadium "Artek" is probably the only thing that Ukraine, represented by Yanukovych, has renovated and the stadium is still very good. It was made as a reserve for matches during Euro 2012

In the Lazurny camp, we began our journey with a visit to the Pushkin site, from which a panorama of the area opens up and beautiful view to Mount Ayu-Dag.

"Azure" stands apart, let's say, from all the others, it has interesting story. The Adalary Rocks, a natural monument and the calling card of Crimea, are located in the sea opposite the Lazurny camp. In Aivazovsky’s famous painting “Pushkin in the Crimea at the Gurzuf Rocks” (1899), the poet is depicted on a rock (now Pushkinskaya) in Lazurny. The painting is kept in the Odessa Art Museum. Pushkin's "Azure" grotto is depicted in a drawing by the Italian artist Carlo Bossoli, included in a unique album of lithographs about the Crimea, published in London in 1856. Until 1954, only girls rested in the Lazurny camp. One of the mysterious places of “Artek” is in “Lazurny”. This is the crypt of the former owners of the Suuk-Su resort, the Berezins, built according to the design of N. Krasnov.

Glade of Fairy Tales - a famous excursion site in Yalta - was located in Lazurny until the 60s. In 1985, in Lazurny, students of the Ufa Institute began construction of the fairy-tale town “Pushkin Trail” and completed it in 1988.

The journey through the Artek children's camp has ended. I showed you only the “tip of the iceberg” since it is impossible to walk around the entire territory of Artek in a day and devote time to each object. I only showed you what Russia did in less than a year, it seemed impossible, but as you yourself saw, everything is possible. And yet, the Artek reconstruction program is planned until 2020, but I can’t imagine what will happen by 2020.

I express my deep gratitude to the Artek staff who helped me on my journey around the camp. I express special gratitude to our guide to Artek, Igor Vladimirovich Aleksandrov. I used technical and historical information from the official website of the Artek International Children's Center. Thank you for not wasting your time, I hope you enjoyed your trip around Artek.

Hello, I have prepared a huge photo report about the international children's camp "Artek", if you really want to be stunned by what you see, please. We can talk a lot about how budgets are “saved” in Russia, but the best proof of how they really turn a fairy tale into reality in Russia is the example of Artek. When viewing, remember that reconstruction began late last summer.

The first photo shows a 3D project, and here is the completed project (by the anniversary of Artek on June 16, the scaffolding will already be removed):

In front of us is a sports complex with a huge screen above the entrance.

This is the dining room, we'll go to it later

Children go to lunch

Each camp has its own emblem

Technology, or rather nanotechnology, has changed everywhere at Artek

Let's go to the pool

This is a dressing room, everything is done to perfection

And here is the pool, it’s just mega cool

There are inflatable bathing facilities for small children

But older children swim for a while in the neighboring pool

These are showers

You can see for yourself that everything is made from very high quality materials, only there is still not enough gold, but everything is there

But the gym, the parquet floor is so shiny that it lights up the photos. The gym is simply Olympic level.

The entire sports complex has an air conditioning system; the gym alone has 16 huge air conditioners.

This is the building of the Yantarny camp, we will go there later, but now we are going to the canteen, to be honest, I don’t dare call it a canteen.

Here is a squad from our brotherly Belarus, there were also guys from Kazakhstan, that’s right, the camp is international.

Children from the Khrustalny camp eat here; each camp has its own separate dining room.

But the dining room of the Yantarny camp, everyone has a different interior

Meals for children in the canteens of the children's camps of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "MDC "Artek" are provided as a buffet. The children's menu consists of three sets to choose from. The proposed complexes are developed taking into account the requirements of SanPin 2.4.4.3155-13 “Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for the design, maintenance and organization of work of stationary organizations for recreation and health improvement of children”, SanPin 2.4.5.240 9-08 “Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for the organization of meals for students in general education institutions, institutions of primary and secondary vocational education" and other sanitary and hygienic norms and rules established by current legislation. Meals at Artek are comprehensive, five times a day (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, second dinner) with strict adherence to the time between meals (no more than 4 hours). On school days, afternoon snacks are delivered to the school.

Form in "Artek" from Bosco

The menu is displayed on LCD screens above the dispensing line

Regarding the quality of the repair, I think you can see everything for yourself, well, for example, this serving table is completely made of artificial stone

The furniture is super, we tried it ourselves

Washstands, as you can see, everything is at the highest level

Dryers, honestly the first time I saw such

These are the canteens near the Khrustalny and Yantarny camps.

Let's go to the Morskoy camp

On the way to the Morskoy camp, we saw a monument to the Ukrainian Artek; under Ukraine, Artek survived, or rather survived. Under Ukraine, the camp gradually fell into disrepair.

Each building has the following air conditioning systems.

We arrived at the Morskoy camp

We go to the first residential building we come across.

Honestly, everything is without preparation and spontaneously

6 people live in a room, each child has an individual locker

There is also a toilet in the room

And shower

This is the bedroom

And this is the view from the bedroom window

Monument to “The first Artek Line took place here.” In modern “Artek” they treat the history of the camp very carefully and combine the past with modern “Artek”

There is an olive grove in the Morskoy camp

Children go to lunch

The interior of the Morskoy camp dining room is radically different from previous dining rooms.

At Artek they didn’t forget about people with disabilities, which made me very happy

The menu is also displayed on the LCD

Freshly squeezed juices are poured for children

Everyone's faces are happy, you can't hide it

Clean and tidy, it’s nice to see what we have, and not in some Europe

Whoever says that this is a dining room should throw a stone at me. In reality, we have few such restaurants. Of course it’s cool, a dining room with such a view.

This is what the dining room looks like from the outside

Now we will go to the “bonfire”, it is located near the sea, there is also a square with an amphitheater for guests. Artek bonfires were lit here in the early years.

Each camp has service electric vehicles that can be used to move around inside Artek.

And here is the amphitheater

Well done, camp "Morskoy"

This area hosts all sorts of events and also serves as a place for physical exercise.

Now we are going to the Yantarny camp

Creative children relax in Artek

Please, everything is mature, there is a schedule and no one will be left idle

What pleasantly surprised me was that 6 people live in the rooms, and not like before the whole squad

The furniture and the interior itself are simply at the highest level, and from the faces of the guys it’s clear that they like everything

The girls have the same room

And here is my “Crystal”. It’s simply unrecognizable, it’s now like a 5 star hotel

Children greet everyone with their posters

We won’t go inside until it’s quiet time, it’s just as cool there as in Yantarny

And here is the famous Artek school. Children jokingly call it "Hogwarts"

Helipad

The central stadium "Artek" is probably the only thing that Ukraine, represented by Yanukovych, has renovated and the stadium is still very good. It was made as a reserve for matches during Euro 2012

Some time ago there was a scandal in LiveJournal about Artek. At the beginning, someone wrote enthusiastic posts about how good everything was there, then Ukrainians began to write that Russia came and ruined everything. You probably remember these posts, thousands of comments, scandals, intrigues, investigations.

It is said that it is very difficult for an outsider to get into Artek. In fact, the security, in my opinion, is very relaxed. People passing through the territory are not even marked, and documents are looked at in passing, for show. In the vastest territory, no one cares who you are or why you go. In addition, there are always a lot of strangers in the camp - numerous guests come here. For example, on the day when I was walking around Artek, Maria Zakharova was there; she came to work as a counselor for a couple of days and hold a traditional weekly briefing.

The only drawback of my unofficial stay was that they were not allowed to film in some rooms. At first, the guards politely kicked me out of the dining room, and then they did not allow me to look into the rooms where the children lived. But I moved around the territory freely.

I would like to warn you right away that this is my first time in Artek, I have not been here before, I have not seen what it was like under Ukraine, so it is difficult for me to compare and draw conclusions whether it has become better or worse. I'm just showing what I saw. And you decide for yourself whether you did good or bad.

“Artek” turned 91 this summer. The first camp under this “brand” opened in 1925, although there are buildings that existed before. Now "Artek" consists of 8 camps, the oldest of them are "Morskoy" and "Lazurny".

The development of Artek was slowed down due to the war. The camp reached an all-Union scale in the 1960s, when 150 buildings were built here at once. International shifts flocked to Crimea, and capitalists also went. IN Soviet years"Artek" was a reward for schoolchildren, and for the authorities it was also a propaganda tool.

After the annexation of Crimea to Russia, active reconstruction of Artek began. It turns out that there is a development program for Artek from 2015 to 2020, which was specifically approved by the government. Six camps have already been partially reconstructed, including Lazurny. Not everything has been completed in the camp; money and hands have not yet reached some places.

01. View of Artek.

02. The place where everyone takes pictures.

03. Stele at the entrance to Morskoy.

04. There is complete order in the camp area. All buildings and buildings have been renovated or rebuilt. I don't know how it was before, but now everything looks pretty good.

05. There are new plants, paths everywhere, everything is clean.

06. As propaganda, in each camp there are stands with photos of how it was. Apparently this is footage of what Artek looked like in Ukraine.

07. Seeing these terrible footage, children should thank comrade Party and comrade Government for the return of Crimea.

08. No, just look at what Artek has been brought to! But now everything is in order.

09. View of the Morskoye buildings. Previously they were colored.

10. Now everything is in the same style.

11. Kids.

12. The buildings where children live are called “dachas”. Red, Green, Blue.

13. As I already said, they weren’t allowed to film inside; we managed to look through the door. Everything inside is like in this photograph by Georgy Sedelnikov.

14. The furniture is new, everything looks good.

15. Benches

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17.

18. New gym. In terms of sports, there is everything you need: swimming pools, GYM's etc. There was no time to see everything.

19. New stadium. Construction has just finished; the lawns have not yet been planted.

20. The headhunter was conducting some classes.

21. And this is the local school. "Artek" is open all year round, and children study here.

22. When a child arrives, he is given a uniform at the camp. For some reason you can’t take it with you, and some children simply steal it. In general, at the end of the shift they give Artek Panama hats as souvenirs, and everything else can be bought. The form is issued in this pavilion.

23. Fitting room. All uniforms are from Bosco.

24. Everyone walks around fashionable and beautiful.

25. And this is already a store. In each camp there are shops and stalls where money is taken out of children.

26. No one leaves without shopping.

27. In addition to shops, there are stalls like this everywhere. It is impossible not to notice the stalls. This one, for example, stands near the dining room, where children come every day.

28. And here are the prices. In my opinion, the Artek employees have gone crazy. Selling a branded T-shirt to children for 1500 is fucked up. Small stickers for 25 rubles, a cup for 300, a notebook for 150. Of course, everything here is done in such a way that the child immediately wants to leave all his money here. In general, a good business was developed in the camp.

29. And here are the kids in brand new uniforms.

30. In 2015, Artek accepted 20,000 children. If the program adopted by the government works, then from 2020 40 thousand children will come here annually.

Tickets to Artek are distributed according to the merits of the children and according to partner programs. A certain number of vouchers are allocated for each region of Russia.

Children participate in Olympiads and some other all-Russian competitions; there is a certain rating system (for example, some points are awarded for each certificate). Ideally, whoever scored the most points went to Artek. Russian shifts are also held here geographical society, Roscosmos and others. They distribute vouchers to children who are interested in geography and astronomy, respectively.

In general, you can simply buy a ticket. Now a ticket to the camp costs 65 thousand rubles. Sales opened quite recently, literally a month ago. They say that paid places are only 5% of the total.

True, in order to buy a ticket for a child, you need to attach at least one certificate, one diploma or something similar to the application. That is, even on a paid basis, some of the children’s merits are taken into account. On the Artek website it is actually written that if you do not have certificates or diplomas, your application for a trip will simply not be accepted.

In general, Artek positions itself as a camp for smart and talented children. Cattle and hillbillies are not welcome here.

Children get to Artek not on their own, but as part of delegations from the regions. Usually such a delegation flies to Simferopol, from where it is immediately assigned to one camp or another. The counselors told me that problems arise when a delegation from Dagestan arrives. It’s usually not Olympic athletes who go from there, but some boxers, and they try not to put them all together so that there is no numerical superiority in the squads. Here we must take into account that children from 8 to 17 years old are admitted to Artek. Dagestan 17-year-old boxers are no longer quite children)))

The distribution system among the camps here is strict. If you end up in one camp, it is almost impossible to transfer to another.

In general, the rules at Artek are quite strict. If children bring prohibited food with them (and this is all food), it will be confiscated at the very beginning. It is also prohibited to give food to children during a shift. But the children are fed here 5 times a day, and the food is buffet style.

Even just visiting a child is quite difficult for parents because of bureaucratic red tape.

Let's go to the museum.

32. Once upon a time, children lived in Artek in canvas tents, like boy scouts. But pretty soon full-fledged buildings were built for them, and the camp began to operate all year round.

33. A bunch of films were also partially or completely filmed in Artek - “The Andromeda Nebula”, “Through Hardships to the Stars”, “White Poodle”, “Ten Little Indians” and others.

34. Another legend is connected with another “our everything” - with Gagarin. After his flight, he came to Artek, founded the Cosmos Museum and donated his spacesuit to him. This is already true, although the spacesuit is not the same, but a training one. There is a real spacesuit here too, but it belonged to Leonov.

35. Near the camp there is Mount Ayu-Dag, which Artek residents climb every shift. There, at the top, an initiation ceremony into Artek members takes place. This tradition has continued since the founding of the camp.

36. The beaches are all new, renovated.

37. All the stairs have been changed. There are brand new showers and changing rooms everywhere.

38. In general, the beaches are fine. Although, the abundance of old concrete everywhere is annoying. But I don’t think we’ve gotten around to it yet.

39. The RAFik in which Samantha Smith was driven around Artek is still in operation, and guests ride on it.

40. Rescuers

41. Queue for the cafeteria

42. Sometimes children have conflicts with their counselor. Children either call their parents or try to resolve the issue “collectively.” But children are taken away from the camp extremely rarely. Each camp has a psychologist; in case of any conflicts, he can really solve the problem.

Counselors come here mainly to earn extra money. They can receive something around 30 thousand a month, it depends on shifts and part-time jobs.

The counselors get up before the children, at 6:30 or 7 am. First, they have a morning planning meeting with senior counselors, and at 8 they go to wake up the children. They say that you have to be creative to quickly wake everyone up, and then also get everyone to wash themselves.

43. Dining room of the Morskoy camp.

44. Dining room "Azure"

45. Located in a historical building.

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48. The food looks good

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51. Another modern dining room. I couldn’t get there, so I took the photo from Anashkevich:

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53. Old improvement

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55. Not everything was repaired.

56. And here is the other side of "Artek". These are buildings for employees. If the children live in brand new, beautiful buildings, then the employees are so terrified.