rested the leaders of the Soviet state and their wives, lived A Russian writer K. G. Paustovsky. In 1942, the all-Union pioneer camp "Artek" was evacuated to Belokurikha. The formation of the largest resort in the East of the country became possible thanks to the Soviet statesman Efim Pavlovich Slavsky. It was E. p. Slavsky who was at the origins of the resort town of Belokurikha, which is now widely known not only in Russia but also far beyond its borders. In the 1960s were built most of the resorts in which are now treated and relax resort guests. The first in 1961 was commissioned sanatorium "metallurg", now "Eden". In 1970, the village received the status of a resort of all-Union importance, in 1982-the status of the city, and since 1992 is a resort of Federal importance. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin visited Belokurikha in 2003 and 2016. Transport Nearest cities: Biysk (65 km), Gorno-Altaysk (115 km), Barnaul (236 km). The city is connected by bus with Barnaul, Biysk, Gorno-Altaisk, Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk, Mezhdurechensk, Novosibirsk and Tomsk. The nearest airport is Gorno-Altaysk airport and Biysk train station. Population As of January 1, 2018, the city was on the 786th place out of 1113 cities of the Russian Federation in terms of population. Spa Currently, the resort area of Belokurikha is able to accept at the same time more than 5 thousand tourists. There are 19 sanatorium-resort and sanatorium-health-improving establishments on 5000 places in the city, balneotherapy includes 27 types of procedures on mineral and fresh water. The number of sanatoriums, health resorts, hotels, small boarding houses in a specially protected natural area is growing steadily. In 2006, several public buildings with a total area of 22 952.4 m2 with a total cost of 239.6 million rubles were commissioned on a turnkey basis. Construction is carried out at the expense of private investors. In 2015, the 219-year project was visited by thousands of tourists, including in spas has hosted over 130 thousand people . Medical factor Climatotherapy It is characterized by a relatively high average annual air temperature (+ 4 °C) in Siberia. Mild winter, mild summer, warm weather of spring and autumn months, mainly windless, short-term frosts in winter, followed by frequent thaws and constant barometric pressure. Mountain air Light air ions is the main treatment component of the mountain air. In Belokurikha, the content of light aeroions is from