As often happens, my vacation this year was not quite the way I planned. After a long day at work, I dreamed of the south of our vast country and a comfortable hotel on the Black Sea coast. By will of fate, my vacation passed in the south of the Orenburg region, in a small town called Sol-Iletsk. What is famous for this town, located 50 kilometers from the friendly republic of Kazakhstan?
Most of us have repeatedly faced the main products of the city of Sol-Iletsk in shops and supermarkets. This product - salt, extracted from the bowels of salt-Iletsk land. Local salt is famous throughout the world for its hardness, taste (yes, salt can be different in taste) and cleanliness. The content of sodium chloride in Iletsk salt is more than 99%.
Salt extraction in these parts has been going on since time immemorial, when the reign of tsarist Russia did not extend to the Orenburg region. For such a long time, many pits and depressions were formed, some of which were covered with sand and grass. The other part of the pits formed was filled with water, which became salty and acquired medicinal properties. This salted brine was used by the indigenous population to treat a variety of diseases.
In the 20th century, the bulk of the salt was already mined by the modern mining method, and the salt mines remained out of work. The largest quarry in 1976 during the spill of the river Peschanka was flooded with water. Thus, a salt lake was formed, officially called Razval or, as the locals say, Solyonka.
The concentration of salt dissolved in water is so high that a pushing force acts on the person, which does not allow you to sink more than over the chest. A similar property is possessed by the waters of the Dead Sea. It is the salt lake that allows Sol-Iletsk to wear the proud title of "City-resort". In addition to the salt lake, nearby are the muddy lake Tuzluchnoe and the radon lake Dunino. Such a set of therapeutic factors Sol-Iletsk successfully treats diseases of the musculoskeletal, nervous and reproductive systems.
Of course, in our time, the restoration of health is put on a scientific basis . The sanatorium with a long name "Regional Salt Iletskaya Hospital for Rehabilitation ». But most of the guests of the city of Sol-Iletsk engaged in self-treatment - they themselves take salty and mud baths . In this they are actively assisted by local residents who give hospitality for a modest reward to housing, New products of subsidiary farms and earning money by renting . The choice of housing in Sol-Iletsk is wide enough - from a bunk in a room with minimal conveniences to a separate house with air conditioning and a swimming pool .