In addition to Pioneers from different parts of the Soviet Union, the camp hosted children from 70 foreign countries, as well as honorary guests, including Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space; Frank Borman, a retired United States Air Force (USAF) colonel and NASA astronaut; André Gide, a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1947); and others.
Join us in a journey back in time to the golden era of the famous youth centre!
Ukrainian SSR. Lenin Artek All-Union Young Pioneer Camp in Crimea (now Artek International Children's Center). A young pioneer plays a clarion in the morning.
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School children relaxing at the All-Union Artek Young Pioneer Camp named after Lenin.
Yuri Gagarin (left) as a guest of honour at the Artek Young Pioneer Camp.
The third All-Union Young Pioneers meeting. Young Pioneers from foreign countries at the Lenin All-Union Young Pioneer Camp "Artek".
Children on the beach. The Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Camp "Artek".
School students from the All-Union Artek Young Pioneer Camp named after Lenin on the beach.
The Artek All-Union Pioneer Camp in Crimea (now the Artek International Children's Centre). Suriya Dadasheva from Azerbaijan and Laila Larsen from Norway.
"Artek" children. A view from Mount Ayu-Dag. The Lenin All-Union Young Pioneer Camp "Artek".
Summer in the International Children’s Center "Artek".
Artek children's camp vacationers at the Swallow's Nest castle on the Black Sea coast.
The Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Camp "Artek". Pictured: Inna Starostina (USSR) and Sujatha Gopisetti (India).
Third All-Union Pioneer Rally in the Lenin Pioneer Camp Artek. Air Force pilots presented a jet to pioneers.
Ira Tarasenko in a traditional dress in the Artek children's camp.
Artek, the international Young Pioneer camp. A Soviet pioneer with young Americans.
The all-union pioneer camp "Artek" named after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. The all-union children's games called "Hope Starts". A simultaneous chess match being arranged by grandmaster Mikhail Tal, ex-world champion.
The Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Camp "Artek". Pictured: children from the Young Engineers club testing a lunokhod model.
Girls from the Artek Pioneer camp before their performance at the all-union children's sports games Hope Starts.
The King Neptune Holiday in the International Children Center "Artek".
Artek children at the Black Sea, 1970.
The 111th All-Union Young Pioneer Rally at the Artek Camp named after Lenin.
Pioneers in the Artek international Pioneer camp.
Ukrainian SSR. Artek All-Union children's camp named after V.I.Lenin (currently Artek international children's centre). Morning exercises.
The All-Union pioneer camp "Artek" in Crimea. A naptime.
Children on the beach of the Young Pioneer Camp Artek, 1985.
The Lenin Artek National Pioneer Camp in Crimea (today's Artek International Children's Centre). Soviet and Indian children during a walk, 1968.
The Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Camp "Artek". The Morskoi (Sea) Camp, 1975.
