Artek International Children's Center is located in one of the most beautiful places of our planet — on the Black Sea coast, in the village of Gurzuf.
Artek was founded in 1925 (June 16) like a small summer camp. Today Artek is the largest international children’s centre in Russia with 9 children’s camps, modern school, 51 studios for additional education and children’s creativity, more than 140 unique additional educational programs related to technology, natural science, social pedagogics, art, tourism, local history, and physical culture and sports provided by 87 thematic partners from among large Russian companies and state corporations.
More than 43,000 children from all over Russia and abroad visit Artek annually.