Every shade of beige: Soviet-era sanatoriums – in pictures
▻https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/oct/18/radon-soviet-era-sanatoriums-stans
With decades-old wallpaper, mosaics glorifying workers and treatments such as ‘electrical hot chairs’, the sanatoriums of Central Asia are a door to another time
Aurora
Ultraviolet light-emitting sterilisation lamps are placed in the ear, nose or throat to kill bacteria, viruses and fungi
Photograph: Michal Solarski
Jeti-Ögüz, Kyrgyzstan
As well as offering radon and hydrogen-sulphide treatments using local spring water, Jeti-Ögüz is one of the few remaining post-Soviet sanatoriums to offer kumis – a drink made from fermented mare’s milk, reputedly good for chronic diseases including tuberculosis and bronchitis
Photograph: Michal Solarski
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