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September, 15, 1902 on Old Matsesta at caves,
in small bam, two wooden baths were established, and doctor Victor
Frantsevich Podgursky began treatment with Matsesta, than it was necessary
began to existence MATSESTA as water clinic. It also was the first stone
in the basis of the future Sochi - MATSESTA
resort. |
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Matsesta in translation from local
dialect "Fiery water " |
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The first mention about MATSESTA to a valley
we find in 137 year Anno Domini.
Commander Flavy Arrian, visited these places, in the letter to the Roman emperor
Adrianu has given the description of coast where the river Masaitika which
approaches with modern MATSESTA was mentioned. In IV-I.в.в. B.C. the present area "Sochi -
Matsesta" was populated with tribes under the common name geonics.
Furious and wild, according to ancient historians, they lived by robbery. In
I-VI.в.в. AD they were replaced with tribes sanigs. The valley of the river Matsesta in those far times was known to not
only local tribes, but also newcomers from far Greece, Rome and Byzantium.
Local Highlanders for healing in Matsesta sources of many illnesses
distributed various legends. One of them about girl named Matsesta. Once this
valley named "rotten". Objectionable to the Allah people were
expelled to here. Has lodged here and Kerenduk with the young wife. He have
expelled from a native village that he has broken the law of the tribe:
married not how the custom ruled. In young family the daughter was born,
Kerenduk has named her Matsesta. Parents have grown old. To cure them of
illnesses, Matsesta has penetrated to the Spirit of Bowels keeping
underground curative sources, and has removed them on a surface by the life.
Her light and kind soul was dissolved in this water. Since then curative
water of this valley was named MATSESTA In 1898 the Russian doctor V.Podgursky has published big article where
has told about popularity of curative sources Matsesta at coast living
peoples, and has predicted to these sources the great future. Moreover,
minister of agriculture and the state property Alexey Sergeevich Ermolov has
offered to create a resort Matsesta. Doctor Podgursky has established wooden
baths at sources. At that time those sources were in a condition of primitive
wildness. |
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Originally, for bathing in sulfuric water
simply earthen "holes" were used... After 10 years at Old Matsesta, near to a natural exit of mineral
water from caves, under the project of known Russian architect V.Iona was
built the first capital building up to 12 baths. In 1924 the first
patients has accepted a bathing in New building at Matsesta. Those baths were
very popular from the heads of Soviet State. Especially for Stalin, which
each year had Matsesta treatment. In 1940, the bathing building № 3 was
constructed. However, Stalin was treated on New Matsesta in a special
department. Since 50th years, almost all of the heads of SU and the members
of them families, ministers of Soviet Government and outstanding foreign
figures had a treatment here. Today famous water clinic complex
"Matsesta" is the largest in Russia. Here you may have treatment
with sulfurated hydrogen and other mineral waters, radon, iodize procedures,
underwater oppress massage, underwater extension, sea, pearl, vortical baths
and others. Here it is possible to receive an advice of
application in home conditions of Water- melon, Pumpkin and
Melon
seed Oils widely used for treatment of liver, kidneys, cholic system, prostate
gland, digestive tract, skins and other diseases. In a combination to reception of medical baths, here it is possible to
have a rest and gain strength in pictorial and colorful places of Matsesta
river valley. You may wander the park of evergreen plants: it is possible to
see the high pyramidal cypresses, a blossoming guelder-rose, sprawling
magnolias. Medical buildings are surrounded exotic Chinese date and palm
trees, the Lebanese blue oak, pampas grass. There are hothouses and
greenhouses on territory of Matsesta where please an eye blossoming tulips
and hyacinths. |
