ARTEK Pioneer Camp

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that the Soviet Union Pioneer summer camp called ARTEK was founded in 1925 along the Black Sea, a beautiful setting in the Crimea near Yalta, which is now in the Ukraine. Foreign children also were welcomed to the camp in hope that they would get a favorable view of the Soviet Union. The paper describes its unique physical structures, the way the camp was run and its importance to the Soviet culture. The paper also discuses the history of child welfare under the communists.

From the Paper:

"No matter how well connected a child was within the framework of the Communist Soviet hierarchy at that time, the Times' writer explains, and even if you were the best student in your class or the child of a "Hero of Soviet Labor," you were only allowed to spend one summer of your life at ARTEK.
"It was a high honor to qualify to go to ARTEK, although it wasn't all singing songs, sailing, swimming and having arts and crafts sessions, Specter continues. The students were marched through potato fields in gas masks, and made to perform military-themed exercises."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Berman, Nathan. (1943). The Place of the Child in Present-Day Russia. Social Forces, 21.4, 446-456.
• Bransten, Jeremy. (2005). Ukraine: Artek Celebrates Its 80th Anniversary. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Retrieved Feb. 7, 2008, from http://www.rferl.org.featurearticleprint/2005/08/605cba43-6c5b-42dd-9b86- 2f0cb9a9376f.html.
• Historical Boy's Uniforms. (2001). Individual Pioneer Summer Camps: Artek. Retrieved Feb. 8, 2008, from http://histclo.com/youth/youth/org/pio/nat/rus/act/camp/ic/ipc-artek.htm.
• Jackson, Tim. (1965). The Artek Pioneer Camp. Retrieved Feb. 8, 2008, from http://www.tim-jackson.co.uk/lyuda/artek.html.
• Specter, Michael. (1997). Where Stalinist Youth Roared, Limousines Purr. The New York Times Pg. A4, Retrieved Feb. 7, 2008, from ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

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