The history of Russian steam bath goes to ancient time. In Ancient Rus entire life of people has been connected with the bath, as people has thought that only in the bath you can clean not only your body, but also your soul. They thought that if a sick person hasn’t been cured by the steam bath, none can help him. In «The Story of Passing Years» we can find detailed description of a bath. Apostle Andrew, after seeing an ancient Russian bath in Novgorod , has been surprised by the process of steaming, dousing with kvass and beating each other with brooms. «A surprising thing I have seen in Slavic land… I have seen wooden baths, and people bring them to red heat, and they will take off their clothes and naked they will be, and they will be dousing themselves with cold water, and they live only this way. And they do this every day, not forced by anyone, but they force themselves, and they call it cleaning and not torment».
Traditional Finnish sauna – empty-handed not comparable pleasure.
A good bath is better than thick lunch!
