Russian Bath

Russian bath, also called Russian banya or bania for centuries was an essential part of living in Russia. People from Tsars to peasants not only washed there, but used it for religious ceremonies, to heal when they get sick, women gave birth and young couples found seclusion in there.
Spend a day at one of Russian baths and you will sweat in bath and freeze in icy pool, enjoy birch leaves ( venik ) massage and struggle with the heat. But after all, walking out of the banya, feeling ten years younger with skin soft and smooth like babies, you will promise yourself to come back.