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If it weren't for the banya, we'd all be lost. The story of an ancient Russian tradition.

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If it weren't for the banya, we'd all be lost. The story of an ancient Russian tradition.
19.99 €
No matter what social changes shook Russia, nothing could eradicate the habit of Russian people to steam in a bathhouse. For more than a thousand years, representatives of different estates, classes and political parties have been equal before the cleansing power of healing steam. Bath - more than a hygienic procedure, it is a ritual, which today is accepted to enjoy. However, it was not always so: for centuries, visits to public baths were a strict necessity, sometimes associated with not the most pleasant things. All these uneasy relations of the Russian man with the ancient tradition could not but be reflected in the culture: baths appear in painting, literature and cinema. In his study, Slavic studies professor Ethan Pollock not only talks about an everyday habit, he shows it through the prism of the history of a huge country and does it in an incredibly vivid and fascinating way.
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