Lasurnaja by The Black sea

The parade square at Lasurnaja. One of the ten compounds comprising Artek pioneercamp in the Crimea. Top left is a view of Lasurnaja - The Blue camp - as seen from the air, with that little ruin facing the sea. The camp was founded in 1925, and danish pioneers were among the first delegations to stay there. About the little ruin: I´m not sure whether it dates back to the times of the crimean khan or the byzantines or il genovese, or if it even dates back to the taurians, whom Herodot describes as merciless in killing stranded sailors and properly needing watchtowers for that purpose. Or whether it was artifical, a construction by 18th century russian romanticists!
Anyway the square behind it, - barely visible through the thick foliage - is where dancing took place at night, when I stayed there. The third image shows the memorial mark for dead mariners at a naval battle off the coast of the camp during WWII. The pioneers in the camp supposedly saved a couple of wounded men, making it to the shore.

Artek

Summer of 76. The man is head of the soviet pioneerorganisation. I´m waiting to speak, having been elected chairman of the friendship-counsil. At the bottom of the picture is Munir Samun, son of the lebanese communistleader.
Five danish kids with their soviet friendship-group. About twenty mostly russian and ukrainian youths would be responsibly for a foreign delegation, sharing dorms and lineup in the parades.

Welcome to the pleasure dome

This is my blog, here it begins. I´m not sure how it´s gonna work, but I think I will start by adding some pictures.