The Supreme Rada voted overwhelmingly to allocate the money in addition to the earlier earmarked $2.5 million to the main Soviet-era pioneer camp, which its head said was about to close after receiving no state funds for three years.
The decision came after Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko vowed last week to save the landmark center, which had taken children in year-round since the 1930s. It became internationally know after a visit by U.S. schoolgirl Samantha Smith in 1983, invited by the then Soviet leader after she had written a letter to him.
"The government will fully take under its control issues relating to Artek," Tymoshenko said at a special conference.
Interest groups allegedly planning to take over the center's valuable land were blamed for orchestrating Artek's financial woes.
