The Russian baths

    Since ancient times in Russia knew baths. This is evidenced by record in the statute Prince Vladimir, which saw both bath facilities for the poor classes. Across Russia, in the towns and villages on the shores of lakes, rivers and streams built baths. Russian sauna was a wooden structure, which consists of two branches - Locker room a sweating room. In sweating room office baths installed stone stove-heaters. Russian sauna divided into two varieties : a bath with a sophisticated "smoke" or "in a black way" house with sophisticated "In a white way".

The former is the oldest, but despite this it can be found in our day. The bath "smoke" furnace with a stack formation, and the smoke goes through a small window cm. The furnace stopped when heaters properly will get warm then aired a bath, walls sprayed with water, tightly sealed windows and doors and sprayed water heaters for education steam. This bath is a special spirit, thanks to exposure to smoke from the wooden house built by guests.

The Baths "In a white way" or smokeless baths smoke from the furnaces to be relegated to special-pipe chimney, so the air rating is not contaminated by smoke, not required Ventilate rating and bath water to wash the wall. These baths can be built during the parks. These advantages variety Baths smokeless is the most widely spread throughout the country.

Essential elements of the Russian baths were high shelves - bed for parks, low bench for cleaning and, of course, whisk. Difficult to imagine Russian sauna without a good birch whisk. Broom used for massage, a warm body parts and muscle groups. Burning effects of steam, removed light whiping whisk, stimulating blood circulation in areas where the attack occurred.

Roman bath (terms)

At the height of the Roman Empire, one of its colonies, Pompeii was built several Roman baths (therm). At the same time in Rome, built unique water remaining, bringing a million cubic meters of water per day. Roman baths were built to serve different segments of the population. Part of the baths was elite, some democratic. Some hotels, especially the public, provide services to virtually all sectors of society. The Roman baths after parks and water, used all sorts of massages, special exercise, filed meals and special drinks.

To wash the body in the thermal baths, used instead of soap, special ointments, which were made of animal fat. Dirt removed from the body through the chalk, pumices and onion ash.

After the eruption of Vesuvius, best preserved and Stabievy Thermes Thermes pompeyskogo forum. The Roman baths pompeyskogo forum were all necessary facilities for the recovery of the body of fatigue. They were clothing, bath, hot water and bathrooms with hot water. Heat is, centrally, with a special device pipes located underneath baths. In a separate compartment located bronze brazier, it attempted to do that was to hot air pipes for raising the temperature in the baths.
The salamander also was a huge washbasin to wash their hands and those of hot water, which is located opposite the marble pool. Entering sauna, men and women were divided. The men's section of the bath consisted of clothing, hot baths, hot baths, cold rooms, a gymnasium, pool, bronze ovens, washing baths, benches, stoves for heating air and water. In the women's bath also has similar facilities. Interiors of Roman baths decorated ornamental plaster, tile, mosaic.

Stabievy Thermes feel the largest and oldest in Pompeii. In the yard Stabievyh therm was a huge pool, offices, wash-room, changing room. The offices witches oils with sand, mud cleared from the body and then, using a special scraper. The edges of the basin water was made of lead pipes. At the heart of the heating system was installed, which took place between female and male branches. It consisted of three cylindrical boiler with hot, warm and very hot water and heating system was the heart of the furnace.

Turkish bath – Hamam, has a history stretching to the distant past. Many attributed the emergence of a Turkish bath, with the Roman baths that have not disappeared with the fall of the Roman Empire. The minute the lower part of the sauna warmed hot air from the furnace exhaust pipes passing underneath floor of warmed up rooms, which have, depending on the longitudinal axis of heating pipes. The Turkish bath is a warm room in the center and is generally octagonal shape, its sides by adjacent pairs - hot room, equipped with swimming pools. These rooms were without windows, light moving them through thick glass in the dome.

The first Turkish bath appeared in Constantinople after it was conquered by Muslims, and rapidly spread to Muslim countries. Frequent visits to a Turkish bath, in a hot climate East, the introduction of Muslims from various diseases. The philosophy minute led spiritual and physical cleansing. The Turkish bath was considered to be in the East tremendous source of pleasure.

In the Middle Ages, women's baths in the East built next to the men, as a practical matter. This arrangement enabled the bath water use and heat from a single source. Entrances to men's and women's saunas were isolated. For women, Turkey, sauna was a ritual, a part of public life, where they discussed the case, share news, gossiped. Women were gathered in Turkish bath as something special for them, it was a celebration. They dressed up in beautiful decorations, and taking a bath in sweets ... At night they negotiated men drank coffee.

The baths were at least five people : heater; Jacuzzi; Servant who handed towels; People responsible for cooking fuel and Messenger cold water.

Modern Turkish bath, cloak-room consists of a large, cold room with a baby (aluminium dish form), cold shower, hot, damp heat, temperature 40-60. ° C and intermediate room. Temperature treatment minute, is the main feature of this type of bath, it is not such a hot and perfectly suited for people who do not carry high temperatures.

Turkish bath has its comfort, beauty, wealth and luxury interior mysterious East peace.