Unknown facts of Artek’s famous history

Abstract

This sketch describes the historical period of the Artek establishment as a children’s camp in the first half of 1920s. The facts of not well-known story are presented, it was not so widely covered in publications, but the actions and decisions of subjected people made significant contribution to their job, to the success in which they believed, and to the development of self-awareness of those who lived in this period. People’s Commissariat of Public Health Nikolay Alexandrovich Semashko and first chief physician of Artek Feodor Feodorovich Shishmarev had significant impact on development of children healthcare and the strengthening of medical personnel during the most difficult years of “Red Terror” in Crimea.