Samara is actually the cradle of kumiss medicine and there is no doubt that it is Samarf who owes kumiss its current popularity as a universally recognized, very useful medicinal remedy. As a drink, kumiss is a very ancient invention. It has been known to nomadic peoples since time immemorial. When Batu, as a sign of special honor, treated the prince, Danila Romanovich Galitsky, to it, the Russians considered drinking kumis to be the greatest punishment for themselves, and being treated to kumis in the Golden Horde was for them the biggest trouble, the heaviest humiliation of all that had happened to them
Samara neighborhood, Anaevskiy dachas.
carry there. “Oh, evil is evil, Tatar honor!” the chronicler exclaims about such kumys treats. And Prince Danilo Romanovich, who drank kumiss to please Batu, probably only became somewhat comfortable in this mess when Batu sent him wine as a reward for his obedience.
But “times change, morals change too”; The drink, which caused such trouble to our ancestors and was essentially very tasty and refreshing, is now being paid for very handsomely by the mass of older people who rely on kumiss to cure their ailments.
Actually, there are many points for treatment with kumis, scattered across the vast steppe, where the sick have to huddle in tents, fry in the scorching sun and languish in the melancholy of doing nothing and having no entertainment. It has been proven by experience that such a treatment regime brings undoubted benefits, but, of course, only people whose ill condition is such that they have no time for comfort and entertainment can withstand it.
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View from the Volga
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first-class kumys, better than anywhere else; terrible heat and
Constantly eating lamb excites such thirst that a person drinks an immense amount of kumiss, which acts on him not only as a numbing drink, but also as an excellent soporific.
Of course, treatment in kumiss clinics is a different matter. There the patient is furnished with familiar comfort: he has a real room, a garden for walking, and a comfortable bed; its body does not consist of only lamb; he does not feel sad because of the lack of entertainment; You can do music, screw, and talk. Of course, it’s more discreet to get treatment under such conditions, but what?
kumys itself is eaten, then, with very rare exceptions, it is worse than kumys in the steppes, where the producers of kumiss - mares - eat unparalleled excellent food and the producers of kumiss - Kalmyks and Kyrgyz - as they say, have eaten all their teeth in the ability to prepare it. In any case, for those who wish, we will call Samarsvaya kumyssal institutions. The oldest of them, located six miles from Samara, is the establishment of Doctor Postnikov; Anaev’s koumiss medical establishment, called Vishie; established by Chernyshev - near Samara on the same roads that lead to Postnikov; in faith from the last - having started the Middle
Neva; Military kumis - otherwise Barabashina Polyana - 15 versts from Samara, on the banks of the Volga; There are also a few more kumyss that are less significant,
which we will not list.
Kibitki Kalmykovt.
The best time to use kumys is the beginning of summer and especially spring, when the steppe with its juicy fresh grass provides the best food for mares; kumiss of this period is especially tasty and undoubtedly more healthy.
Since we have already started talking about the medical centers of Samara and the Samara province, we cannot help but say a few words about the Sermevsky mineral waters, located 120 versts from Samara. You can get there from Samara along the Orenburg railway to the Smyshlyaevki station and further on horseback. Diseases, such as rheumatism, scrofula, hemorrhoids, women's pain and post-mortal treatment, are very successfully cured with Sergevek mineral waters.
But enough about Samar and everything Samara. We are back on the ship again, again enjoying the comfort, the luxury of surroundings that a ship can deliver and which none of the provincial-city hotels can provide. Once again, after a wonderful night, we enjoy our morning coffee at wide deck verandas, we stock up again, thanks to the marvelous Volozhsk air,
— 102 such an appetite that alone can help us cope with the steamship pistons of the Kushans! Having had a great lunch, and, of course, it didn’t happen without a grand slice of sturgeon, the kind of sturgeon that you can’t get even in the best Moscow taverns, we went out onto the deck and, drinking Zhegulev beer, admired the views passing by us. OS the steamship wheel is turning with noise, large waves are coming from the steamer on the sides and we are quickly rushing down the Volga.