Magadan finalizes 2026 summer camp plans for over 5,000 children
Magadan City Website, April 23 – A meeting of the coordinating council on organizing the 2026 summer health and recreation campaign was held at Magadan City Hall, the mayor's press service reports.
The session was chaired by Yuri Kasetov, deputy mayor of Magadan. Reports were delivered by heads and specialists from relevant city hall departments, the regional Ministry of Health, the local Employment Center, the Rospotrebnadzor Directorate, and the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for Magadan Oblast.
Over the summer, more than 5,000 Magadan children are expected to take part in organized recreational activities. Of these, over 1,300 will attend rural camps, more than 400 will travel to camps outside Magadan Oblast and to all-Russian children's centers, and 3,019 will join day camps.
Creating opportunities for children's development and self-realization, including during the summer, is a key goal of the national project Youth and Children.
A total of 21 day camps will open at the city's educational institutions, accommodating over 2,500 children—including more than 550 from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Another 195 children will participate in summer programs at facilities under the Youth Affairs and Public Relations Directorate: the R. M. Weber Children and Youth Development Center in the village of Sokol will host 95, while two camps at the Children and Youth Center (the Unika and Prodvizhenie centers) will welcome 100.
"We also plan military basic training sessions for our young people from the Podvig Center," said Natalia Busalaeva, acting head of the Youth Affairs and Public Relations Directorate. "In July and August, the cadets will travel to Vladivostok to train with the 55th Guards Naval Infantry Division. This isn't the first time we've organized such training, and the feedback from the participants, instructors, and parents at Podvig has been very positive."
The Snezhny Children's Recreation Camp is preparing to welcome 720 children for four 21-day sessions in its round-the-clock facility, catering to ages 7 to 16.
"This year, after completing renovations, we will commission an additional cottage, allowing us to accommodate 20 more children per session," said Yevgeny Aleshchenko, deputy head of the city's Sports and Tourism Committee. "This cottage will house participants in our new sports-focused program, increasing our total capacity by 80 compared to last year."
Meanwhile, the Metallist Sports Complex, which will also operate as a day camp over the summer, will host 270 Magadan children.
Inspections of all types of summer camps will run from May 26 to June 3. A cross-agency commission—comprising representatives from the Department of Education, the Health Protection Division, the Russian Interior Ministry's Magadan branch, the Supervision and Preventive Work Division, as well as trade union and public representatives—will carry out the checks.
Voucher distribution for all camp types (except day camps) is handled through the Gosuslugi public services portal. Applications were accepted in two phases: in February, parents and legal guardians applied for camps within Magadan Oblast, while March saw submissions for out-of-region camps. Nearly all vouchers have now been allocated, the city's Department of Education confirmed.
