Lake Medvezhye - Kurgan Israel

Lake Bear is familiar to many thanks to its healing saline waters. The nearest town is Kurgan, before it is one hundred and eighty kilometers.

This reservoir is divided into two parts, they are connected by a small strait. Lake Medvezhye has no drains, it is fed by melted waters. It is quite large in area (61 square kilometers), but shallow (maximum depth is one meter twenty centimeters).

Mysterious legend

According to the legend in the waters of this lake, once upon a time the bear cured its sick paw. After miraculous healing, the reservoir found the outlines of this beast and, accordingly, its current name.

The development of these places people began to engage in the early nineteenth century. Interestingly, the healing muds were discovered purely by chance. At first, the local residents were more interested in salt, the deposits of which were found in the pond in large quantities.

It's time to go-road

The second Dead Sea is called the Bear Lake. How to reach them, is interested in people who want to improve their health. You can reach the so-called Kurgan Israel by train (get off at Petukhovo station), by bus (to the Petukhovskaya customs stop) or by car (from Kurgan to Petukhovo, and then it's important not to miss the turn towards the sanatorium "Lake Medvezhye" According to the index).

Water in the lake, even in its appearance, resembles a highly concentrated saline solution. Swim in the usual way there is unlikely to work. That's why vacationers simply lie down on the water and give themselves to the will of a light breeze. In the warm season, the water temperature reaches twenty degrees Celsius. After carrying out such treatment procedures, salt crystals are visible on the skin. But do not be scared, this phenomenon - the norm for these places.

Therapeutic properties of water

Lake Medvezhye is famous for medicinal waters that save from many diseases. The curative fluid activates metabolic processes in the body, and its evaporation contributes to the calming of the nervous system. The most effective healing component of the lake is mud mud, and it is even more useful than the mud of the Dead Sea! Many vacationers do not miss the chance to stock up with the amazing gift of nature for future use. They collect dirt in various containers and take them with them to use at home to get rid of ailments of a gynecological nature, as well as from diseases of the nervous and musculoskeletal systems.

They are also a source of unique mineral waters of the well on the territory of the sanatorium "Lake Medvezhye". The prices for treatment fluctuate within the limits of one and a half thousand rubles per one bed-day per person. Anyone can take a course of hydrotherapy, mud therapy, physiotherapy, herbal medicine, therapeutic massage, laser puncture, speleotherapy and physiotherapy. Local mineral water called "Medvezhye-11" is indicated for chronic enterocolitis, gastritis, colitis, liver diseases, cholecystitis, angiocholites, pancreatitis, diabetes, obesity, gout , urate diathesis, oxaluria, phosphaturia, and chronic diseases of bile ducts.