Medvezhye Lake is familiar to many thanks to its healing salt waters. The nearest city is Kurgan, one hundred eighty kilometers to it.
This pond is divided into two parts, they are connected by a small strait. Lake Medvezhye has no drains; its recharge is provided by melt water. It is quite large in area (61 square kilometers), but shallow (the maximum depth is one meter and twenty centimeters).
Mysterious tradition
According to legend, in the waters of this lake, once upon a time, a bear cured its sore paw. After miraculous healing, the reservoir acquired the outlines of this beast and, accordingly, its current name.
People began to study these places in the early nineteenth century. Interestingly, healing mud was discovered purely by accident. At first, the locals were more interested in salt, the deposits of which were found in large quantities in the reservoir.
Time to go
The second Dead Sea is called Bear Lakes. How to get to them is of interest to people who want to improve their health. You can get to the so-called Kurgan Israel by train (get off at the 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 Medvezhye Lake sanatorium according to the index).
The water in the lake even in appearance resembles a highly concentrated saline solution. Swim in the usual way there is unlikely to succeed. That is why vacationers simply lie down on the water and indulge in the breeze. In the warm season, the water temperature reaches twenty degrees Celsius. After such treatment procedures, salt crystals are visible on the skin. But do not be afraid, this phenomenon is the norm for these places.
Therapeutic properties of water
Bear Lake is famous for its healing waters, which save from many diseases. Healing fluid activates metabolic processes in the body, and its evaporation helps to calm the nervous system. The most effective therapeutic component of the lake is silt mud, and it is even more useful than the Dead Sea mud! Many vacationers do not miss the chance to stock up on the amazing gift of nature for the future. They collect dirt in various containers and take away with them to use at home to get rid of gynecological ailments, as well as diseases of the nervous and musculoskeletal systems.
They are also a source of unique mineral water wells in the territory of the sanatorium "Bear Lake". Prices for treatment range from one and a half thousand rubles for one bed-day per person. Anyone can take a course of hydrotherapy, mud therapy, physiotherapy, herbal medicine, therapeutic massage, laser puncture, speleotherapy and physiotherapy exercises. Local mineral water called “Bear-11” is indicated for chronic enterocolitis, gastritis, colitis, liver ailments, cholecystitis, angiocholitis, pancreatitis, diabetes mellitus, obesity, gout, uric acid diathesis, oxaluria, phosphaturia, as well as chronic bile duct diseases.