In the 19th century, all the aristocracy in the summer certainly went "to the water" - to heal their nerves and start novels. The tradition of strengthening health on medicinal springs has come down to us. Another thing is that for this Siberians do not have to go to distant lands - to the Dead Sea, to Sochi or Pyatigorsk. Analogs of these famous resorts can be found here: in Khakassia, Tuva and Buryatia, and in general throughout Siberia.
LAKE BOLSHOE YAROVOE
ALTAI. 450 km from Barnaul, 6 km from Slavgorod. Salty.
In recent years, Yarovoye has become a popular holiday destination. Not only residents of Altai, but also all of Russia come here to rest and receive medical treatment. On the shore of the lake there is a modern beach complex with a length of about 1.5 km, which provides a lot of entertainment.
The water in the lake is similar in composition to that of the Dead Sea and has pronounced medicinal properties. Together with silt mud, it is used for diseases of the peripheral nervous system, musculoskeletal system, joints and articular tissues, for inflammatory processes of the genital area, diseases of the skin and respiratory organs.
Where to live? There are sanatoriums "Lake Yarovoe" and "Chemist". You can easily rent one of the many summer houses built near the coast, or housing from the local population.
How to get there? Simple enough. Buses run daily from Barnaul to Yarovoe. You can use railway transport - by train to Slavgorod, then by bus or by taxi to Yarovoye.
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KHAKASIYA. 150 km from Abakan, 15 km from Sorsk, near the village of Tumanny. Unleavened. If you are looking for a quiet, family vacation with fishing, gatherings by the fire, leisurely walks, then this is the place for you. The surroundings of the lake are extremely picturesque. There are no sources of pollution, the natural beauty and naturalness of the reservoir are not disturbed. Larches and birches come right up to the water. Small mountains protect the lake from all sides, which is why the coastal strip is very quiet. The coast is gently sloping, with smooth clean sandy areas. It is good to sunbathe, swim, wander through the coastal forests, fish, pick berries and mushrooms here.
The lake is famous not only for its beauty, but also for the healing properties of underground radon sources that feed it. Their balneological value has been known since ancient times. The most popular resort of this kind in Siberia is Belokurikha. As for the Dikoozerskoye deposit, its radon waters are analogous to those of Pyatigorsk and can be successfully used to treat many diseases: cardiovascular, nervous, gynecological, diseases of the joints, bones, muscles, skin. Sanitary and bacteriological indicators of water are good. But the lake mud has not yet been studied.
Where to live? There are many convenient places for camping on the shore. The Tumanny Medical Rehabilitation Center is located 3 km from the lake. On the very shore there is a tourist base "Boomerang", which provides houses, as well as places in a comfortable tent camp.
How to get there? The easiest way is by car. For example, from Divnogorsk, turn onto the road towards Sorsk and then to Lake Dikoe. In addition, the Achinsk-Abakan railway runs two kilometers along the Bury river valley.
SOURCE HOT KEY Khakassia. 150 km from Abaza, on the left bank of the Bedui River, a tributary of the Abakan, five kilometers from its mouth.
The spring water is classified as mineral siliceous thermal and is recommended for external use for medicinal purposes. It contains fifteen trace elements, as well as uranium and radon. The water is clean, colorless, tasteless and odorless, fresh, its temperature is constant throughout the year, is 37.4 degrees.
The place is very beautiful, wild, far from civilization. Long ago, enthusiasts built several log cabins here. In one of them, they take radon baths. For this, an opening was made in the floor to the source. Going down a wooden staircase into a log cabin 3 × 3 meters with pebbles and sand at the bottom, you can see a hole in the wall, from which a stream of warm water gushes. If you close your eyes and relax, you get the perfect insulating bath - shutting off the organs of balance and touch. Even after one session, visitors feel a surge of strength, fatigue is relieved.
The source has been known for a long time as a healing place, as evidenced by old inscriptions carved into trees and stone. They come here from all over Russia. Over the summer, the source is visited by up to a thousand or more people.
Where to live? You can pitch a tent, or you can live in the houses built here.
How to get there? Getting on the key is not easy. You can get here on foot or by horse, in winter - on skis, but these are only experienced tourists. Most often they use a motor boat, which will have to sail 200 km up the Abaza. Those who are richer hire a helicopter (it takes about an hour to fly from the Tashtyp village). The asphalt road Abaza - Ak-Dovurak runs along the Abakan valley about ninety kilometers from the Goryachiy Klyuch.
SHUMAK SOURCES Buryatia, the valley of the Shumak river. 180 km from Irkutsk. More than 100 springs gush at the foot of the mountains at an altitude of 1550 m. On all sides they are surrounded by alpine meadows and mountain peaks of the Eastern Sayan. Due to its remoteness and inaccessibility, the wild resort has been preserved almost in its original form. The fresh mountain air and the special energy of this place help to restore health and gain vitality.
The springs of the Shumak river valley are small depressions in the soil, filled with water of varying taste and temperature (from + 10 to + 35 ° C). Water type: thermal, carbonic, hydrocarbonate, magnesium-calcium. Contains radon.
The valley has been revered as a sacred place since ancient times. People came here not only for treatment, but also to pray for the health and well-being of the clan. Strict rules instructed everyone visiting the valley not to touch the holes of the springs. The water was carefully scooped up with spoons, without deepening the bottom. For each spring a special glass was made of birch bark and left next to it. It was strictly forbidden to litter and use soap. Short inscriptions were made on the stones near the main springs in Mongolian and Buryat languages (now in Russian): “heart”, “teeth”, “stomach”, “eyes”.
Following the advice that has been preserved since antiquity, you need to go from source to source following the course of the sun and taste the water. The one that tastes best and is worth treating.
There are about 30 small pools, mud baths, winter huts and saunas on the territory of the resort. Shumak waters are effective for metabolic disorders, treatment of diseases of the cardiovascular system, muscles and joints, nervous system, digestive organs, liver and biliary tract, skin, and gynecological diseases. In the area of the springs, radon and mud baths are organized to help with various articular osteochondrosis.
Where to live? On the site of the springs, about 30 summer houses were built, in which most of the vacationers live. Accommodation, like using the sources, is free. In 2005, the resort was given the status of a Natural Park and in 2006, the Shumak tourist center was organized. On its territory there are small cozy warm houses, a dining room, a bathhouse.
How to get there? Anyone can get to the springs: on foot (70 km from the village of Nilova Pustyn), by horse or by helicopter. Since the summer of 2005, regular helicopter flights have been organized, and everyone has the opportunity to visit Shumak in winter - the springs do not freeze and at this time have the greatest healing power, since they have not yet been diluted with thawed spring waters.
LAKE DUS-KHOL (SVATIKOVO) Republic of Tyva. 45 km from Kyzyl. Salty. National Geographic magazine has included Tuva in the top ten places for relaxation. The cleanest air, hot sun, endless steppes really allow you to relax and forget about the bustle of the city. Add a dip in salty mineral water and you have a great health resort. True, without any infrastructure. Nevertheless, the lake is very popular with Tuva residents, who often come here for weekends, and travelers from all over Russia.
The mineralization of water in Dus-Khol is very high, up to 280 g / l. In addition, an extremely rare phenomenon, heliothermy, was noted here, the essence of which is that the thickness of the lacustrine brine *, like an optical lens, focuses solar radiation in the bottom layers. Therefore, the bottom layers of brine and bottom mud have a higher temperature (up to 40–42 ° С) than the surface layers (15–20 ° С). In this case, the healing effect, especially when using a mud application, is significantly enhanced. With brine and mud they treat diseases of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems, skin, gynecological diseases, up to infertility resulting from inflammatory diseases.
Where to live? Most tourists prefer to stay "savages". Also, there are several recreation centers on the lake, which, however, do not differ in a high level of comfort.
How to get there? From Kyzyl - on your own or a rented car. Healing lakes and springs in Siberia are like fruits in Israel. They are at every turn. It is impossible to tell in detail about all of them. Therefore, further only about some - in brief. For the information of those who do not have money for Israel, but their back hurts, their joints ache, their stomach jams …
KHAKASIYA
Lake Shira. 160 km from Abakan. Lightly salted. With the help of mud and drinking mineral water, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, diseases of the liver, biliary tract, osteoarticular and muscular systems are treated here. There is a resort and a children's sanatorium. Developed tourist infrastructure.
Duck Lakes. 15 km from the village. Shira. All three lakes have mineral water and curative mud, which in their medicinal composition are not inferior to Lake Shira. There are no amenities for tourists, you need to bring drinking water with you.
Lake Tus. 30 km from the Shire. Salty. Khakassian analogue of the Dead Sea. The salt concentration is so high that it can no longer dissolve and precipitates to the bottom, forming a thick crust 30 cm thick. In addition to mineral water, the lake is known for healing mud, which helps in the treatment of various diseases (from joint diseases to gynecology). Near the lake you can rent double carriages, separate houses.
Lake Khankul. 60 km from Abakan. Salty. In Khankula, only lake water is of practical interest, which is close to sea water in salt concentration. It is recommended only for external use in the form of baths for diseases of the musculoskeletal system, nervous and cardiovascular systems, metabolism, gynecological diseases. There is no drinking water and no amenities at all. Most vacationers prefer to come by car and set up tents by the lake.
Lake Black. 30 km from the Shire. Lightly salted. Silt deposits are usually used to treat various external diseases. Despite the large number of vacationers, there are practically no amenities and services here.
Lake Shunet. 7 km from the Shire. Along with mineral water, there are curative mud in Shunet. The lake is distinguished by fairly comfortable beaches and well-equipped campgrounds.
Ulug-Kol. Khakassia. 40 km from Chernogorsk. The composition of lacustrine brine and mud is generally close to the Shira, Tagarsky and Uchum resorts. All campers usually stay on the southern shore in a tent camp. There is a more convenient approach to the water, there are beaches, you can take mud baths.
Lake Altai. 35 km from Abakan. Along with significant reserves of highly mineralized waters in Altai there is a large healing mud deposit. The main visitors to the lake are local residents. A few "savages" stop at the lake in tents.
Altai
Belokurikha. The main health resort of Altai. It belongs to the number of outstanding resorts in Russia. The main therapeutic factors are unique nitrogenous siliceous radon waters, mountain air, mild dry climate. There are 19 sanatoriums.
Zavyalovskie lakes. 250 km from Barnaul. Several nearby lakes of different composition: an alkaline lake, a salt lake Gorkoye and two fresh ones. The reservoirs are rich in curative mud, which is used for skin diseases and diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Salt lake mud is recommended for diseases of the organs of movement, male and female reproductive systems, and digestive organs. Camping sites are located near the salt lake, and there is a health center. Accommodation conditions - from tents to comfortable cottages. Developed infrastructure.
Guseletovskie lakes (Gorkoye, Mormyshanskoye, Gorchina). 11–12 km from the village of Guseletovo, 220 km from Barnaul. Salted. Healing mud is a means of preventing skin, allergic diseases, diseases of the central nervous system, female and male genital organs. On the shore of Lake Mormyshansk there is a summer camping, a canteen, a sauna, and shower cabins.
Lakes of the Yegoryevsky region (Gorko-Peresheechnoe and Gorkoye). 2-3 km from the village of Novoegoryevskoye, about 360 km from Barnaul. The water of Gorky Lake is used for drinking cures and baths for diseases of the stomach and intestines. Mud has a rejuvenating effect on the skin, stabilizes the functioning of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system. The Lebyazhye balneological resort operates. The water in the lake is bitter-salty, belongs to the category of alkaline waters of moderate concentration, in chemical composition it is close to the water of Essentuki.
More than a dozen recreation centers are located on the shore of the fresh lake Gorkoye-Peresheechnoye (20 m separates it from Lake Gorkoye).
BURYATIA
Lake Kiran. 300 km from Ulan-Ude and 30 km from Kyakhta. The only healing lake in Buryatia, which has been touched by civilization. Here is the Kiran mud baths, which operates in the warm season. The mud and water of the lake is used to treat diseases of the locomotor system, nervous system, hypertension and some gynecological diseases. In summer, there are many tourists on the lake, some of them stay in tents on the shore of the lake, some - with local residents.
Buryatia is famous for its healing springs, or arzhans. The Tunkinskaya valley is often called the land of Siberian narzans because of the abundance of medicinal springs that are not inferior in their properties to the famous waters of the Caucasus and the Carpathians. These are carbon dioxide siliceous mineral waters of the Arshan resort (unique in the world: closest to the type of Vichy and Karlovy Vary, but unlike the hot waters of these springs, in Arshan there is cold water that helps in the treatment of the digestive system, blood circulation, vascular system).
Ferruginous springs of Khongor-Uula. Treatment of iron deficiency anemia, eye diseases, diseases of the liver, kidneys, cardiovascular system, upper respiratory tract.
Methane baths of the Pearl mineral springs.
Treatment of skin and gynecological diseases, musculoskeletal and nervous system. Silicon radon baths of the Nilovaya Desert. Unique waters for the treatment of skin diseases and joints.
Tuva
Lake Cheder. 45 km from Kyzyl. Salty. The shores and bottom of the lake are composed of silt hydrogen sulfide mud. The composition of the brine * is similar to the brine of the Shira resort. The main profile is the treatment of diseases of the skin, joints, and the nervous system. The eponymous seasonal resort operates.
Lake Khadyn. 40 km from Kyzyl. Lightly salted. A favorite swimming place in Tuva. Dermatologists recommend swimming in the lake for some childhood skin conditions. The therapeutic effect is as positive as in the treatment on other salt lakes, but due to the lower mineralization there is practically no skin irritation. The closest analogue is Lake Shira.
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Lake Plakhino. 450 km from Krasnoyarsk, 7 km from the village of Plakhino, on the right bank of the Biryusa River. Unleavened. Plakhinsky sapropel ** in its properties is not only not inferior, but in some positions surpasses the famous healing mud of the Dead Sea. For taking mud baths, many wooden troughs have been built along the shore of the lake. Despite the long and difficult journey, up to two thousand people are treated here in summer. People come here from different parts of the country with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory system, skin, nervous, genitourinary system, bones. There is a recreation center.
Lake Uchum. 30 km from Uzhur. Bitter and salty. In 1925, the Uchum Lake resort was founded - the first health resort in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Here, those who have diseases of the central nervous system, gastrointestinal tract, organs of movement, gynecological, urological and andrological, dermatological diseases undergo treatment. In addition to organized vacationers, there are always many "savages" on Lake Uchum who prefer to rest and heal themselves.
Lake Tagarskoe. 14 km from Minusinsk. Lightly salted. The composition of the lake water is identical to the Dead Sea. Bathing in it has a beneficial effect on the nervous system, heart and blood vessels, normalizes metabolism and increases immunity, helps with pain in the spine and joints. Sulfide-silt therapeutic mud from Tagarskoye is effective in treating skin diseases. There is a well-known natural spring with mineral water next to the lake. There are two dispensaries. In summer, there are many campers.
Lake Berchikul. 3 km from the village. Tisul. Unleavened. The largest lake in Kuzbass. Sapropel therapeutic mud helps patients with diseases of the musculoskeletal system, skin, respiratory, cardiovascular system. There are two bases, but mostly campers are accommodated on the lake in tents.
Lake Uldzhai. Omsk region. 20 km from the village. Cherlak. Salty. Clinical study of mud showed its high therapeutic activity in many diseases of internal organs, nervous system, musculoskeletal system. It is important that local mud applications do not cause any pathological changes in other organs, especially in the cardiovascular system, which is important for patients with similar ailments. There is no infrastructure on the lake.
Lake Karachi. 420 km from Novosibirsk, 240 - from Omsk. Bitter and salty. Sulphide silt mud is used mainly in the form of applications, brine - for baths. These procedures affect blood circulation, lymph circulation, metabolism, the course of redox processes, tissue respiration, and regeneration processes. There is a freshwater lake very close to the salty Karachi. There is a resort of the same name, you can also live in tents or rent a house.
