What is Belokurikha?
{{Update|documentation|date=January 2021}} [[Image:Flag of Belokurikha.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[Image:Coat of Arms of Belokurikha.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Belokurikha''' is a city in [[Altai Krai]] in [[Russia]]. It has been known as a resort since the 19th century and has federal significance.{{fact|date=January 2021}} == Physico-geographical characteristic == Located in the south-eastern part of the Altai Territory in the valley of the [[Belokurikha (river)|Belokurikha]] River, at an altitude of 240-250 meters above sea level. It is located in the foothills of [[Altai mountains]], at the site of the exit of thermal [[Radon baths]]. Territory: 92.3 km per square. == History == The southern part of the resort town is bordered by the spurs of the ridge, which is covered with [[Conifer|coniferous vegetation]] and shrubs: mountain ash, and bird cherry. In the vicinity of the city, acclimatized plants, that are uncharacteristic of the south of Western Siberia, such as oak and Manchurian walnut, are widespread. In the 1920s, a resort village was founded on the site of the village of New Belokurikha. An office, a canteen, an outpatient clinic, and a solarium were built here, and in 1928 a hydropathic center for 24 baths and a polyclinic was built, and wooden dormitory buildings were erected between 1931-1934.{{fact|date=January 2021}} The leaders of the Soviet state and their wives were resting here, as was the Russian writer K.G. Paustovsky. In 1942, the all-Union pioneer camp Artek was evacuated to Belokurikha. In the 1960s, most of the resorts were built, in which guests of the resort were treated and able to rest. The first in 1961 sanatorium, now called Eden, was commissioned. {{fact|date=January 2021}} In 1970, the village receives the status of a resort of all-union significance, in 1982 - the status of a city, and since 1992 it has been a resort of federal significance.{{fact|date=January 2021}} In 2003 and 2016, the President of Russia [[Vladimir Putin]] visited the resort.{{fact|date=January