Architecturally diverse and ideologically staunch, Soviet sanatoriums were intended to edify and invigorateVisiting a Soviet sanatorium is like stepping back in time. Originally built in the 1920s, they afforded workers a place to holiday, courtesy of a state-funded voucher system. At their peak they were visited by millions of citizens across the USSR every year. A combination of medical institution and spa, the era's sanatoriums are among the most innovative buildings of their time.Although aesthetically diverse, Soviet utopian values permeated every aspect of these structures; Western holidays were perceived as decadent. By contrast, sanatorium breaks were intended to edify and strengthen visitors: health professionals carefully monitored guests throughout their stay, so they could return to work with renewed vigor. Certain sanatoriums became known for their specialist treatments, such as crude-oil baths, radon water douches and stints in underground salt caves.While today some sanatoriums are in critical states of decline, many are still fully operational and continue to offer their Soviet-era treatments to visitors. Using specially commissioned photographs by leading photographers of the post-Soviet territories, and texts by sanatorium expert Maryam Omidi, this book documents over 45 sanatoriums and their unconventional treatments. From Armenia to Uzbekistan, it represents the most comprehensive survey to date of this fascinating and previously overlooked Soviet institution.
Architecturally diverse and ideologically staunch, Soviet sanatoriums were intended to edify and invigorateVisiting a Soviet sanatorium is like stepping back in time. Originally built in the 1920s, they afforded workers a place to holiday, courtesy of a state-funded voucher system. At their peak they were visited by millions of citizens across the USSR every year. A combination of medical institution and spa, the era's sanatoriums are among the most innovative buildings of their time.Although aesthetically diverse, Soviet utopian values permeated every aspect of these structures; Western holidays were perceived as decadent. By contrast, sanatorium breaks were intended to edify and strengthen visitors: health professionals carefully monitored guests throughout their stay, so they could return to work with renewed vigor. Certain sanatoriums became known for their specialist treatments, such as crude-oil baths, radon water douches and stints in underground salt caves.While today some sanatoriums are in critical states of decline, many are still fully operational and continue to offer their Soviet-era treatments to visitors. Using specially commissioned photographs by leading photographers of the post-Soviet territories, and texts by sanatorium expert Maryam Omidi, this book documents over 45 sanatoriums and their unconventional treatments. From Armenia to Uzbekistan, it represents the most comprehensive survey to date of this fascinating and previously overlooked Soviet institution.
Отдых по-советски.
Архитектурно разноплановые и иделогически прочные, советские санатории были призваны лечить и укреплять здоровье отдыхающих. Посещение советских санаториев – словно шаг назад в прошлое. Первоначально построенные в 1920-х годах, они предоставляли рабочим место для отдыха благодаря системе путевок, финансируемых государством. На пике популярности их ежегодно посещали миллионы граждан СССР. Объединение медицинских учреждений и спа-салонов было идеей, для осуществления которой приглашались архитекторы, создающие самые инновационные здания того времени.
Несмотря на эстетическое разнообразие, советские утопические ценности пронизывали каждый аспект этих структур. Отпуска в санаториях предназначались для воспитания и укрепления здоровья: медицинские работники тщательно следили за гостями на протяжении всего их пребывания в санатории, чтобы они могли вернуться к работе с новыми силами. Некоторые санатории стали известны благодаря своими специализированными лечебными процедурами, такими как ванны с сырой нефтью, обливания радоновой водой и нахождение в подземных соляных пещерах. Несмотря на то, что на сегодняшних день некоторые санатории находятся в критическом состоянии, многие все еще полностью функционируют и продолжают предлагать свои услуги.
В книге использованы специально заказанные кадры ведущих фотографов постсоветского пространства и тексты санаторного эксперта Марьям Омиди. В этой книге задокументировано более 45 санаториев Армении до Узбекистана и их нетрадиционных методов лечения. Книга представляет собой наиболее полное исследование этого увлекательного и ранее недооцененного советского учреждения.
Otdykh po-sovetski.
Arkhitekturno raznoplanovye i idelogicheski prochnye, sovetskie sanatorii byli prizvany lechit i ukrepljat zdorove otdykhajuschikh. Poseschenie sovetskikh sanatoriev – slovno shag nazad v proshloe. Pervonachalno postroennye v 1920-kh godakh, oni predostavljali rabochim mesto dlja otdykha blagodarja sisteme putevok, finansiruemykh gosudarstvom. Na pike populjarnosti ikh ezhegodno poseschali milliony grazhdan SSSR. Obedinenie meditsinskikh uchrezhdenij i spa-salonov bylo ideej, dlja osuschestvlenija kotoroj priglashalis arkhitektory, sozdajuschie samye innovatsionnye zdanija togo vremeni.
Nesmotrja na esteticheskoe raznoobrazie, sovetskie utopicheskie tsennosti pronizyvali kazhdyj aspekt etikh struktur. Otpuska v sanatorijakh prednaznachalis dlja vospitanija i ukreplenija zdorovja: meditsinskie rabotniki tschatelno sledili za gostjami na protjazhenii vsego ikh prebyvanija v sanatorii, chtoby oni mogli vernutsja k rabote s novymi silami. Nekotorye sanatorii stali izvestny blagodarja svoimi spetsializirovannymi lechebnymi protsedurami, takimi kak vanny s syroj neftju, oblivanija radonovoj vodoj i nakhozhdenie v podzemnykh soljanykh pescherakh. Nesmotrja na to, chto na segodnjashnikh den nekotorye sanatorii nakhodjatsja v kriticheskom sostojanii, mnogie vse esche polnostju funktsionirujut i prodolzhajut predlagat svoi uslugi.
V knige ispolzovany spetsialno zakazannye kadry veduschikh fotografov postsovetskogo prostranstva i teksty sanatornogo eksperta Marjam Omidi. V etoj knige zadokumentirovano bolee 45 sanatoriev Armenii do Uzbekistana i ikh netraditsionnykh metodov lechenija. Kniga predstavljaet soboj naibolee polnoe issledovanie etogo uvlekatelnogo i ranee nedootsenennogo sovetskogo uchrezhdenija.
