Lake Lechebnoe (means healing)

The lake is bitter-salty, rich of healing mud and brine. The mud type is sulphide highly mineralized.

The lake is inhabited by the variety of microorganisms, bacteria and a combination of plant organisms. The products of vital activity of the biocenosis are therapeutic mud and brine. Brine is concentrated solution of various salts with therapeutic properties. The estimated reserves of mud are 1100 thousand cubic meters. The healing properties of this lake are confirmed by the Tomsk Institute of Balneology.

Rape and mud are used to treat joint diseases, rheumatism, radiculitis and many other diseases. Bathing in the lake has a beneficial effect to health. The Lake is very popular rest place for tourists from Novosibirsk and Omsk regions.

Location: the Novosibirsk region, Chistoozerny district, Yablonevka village (3 km away from settlement called Chistoozerny)

How to get there: the distance between Chistoozernoe village to lake Lechebnoe is 7 km by car, from Novosibirsk to the lake – 500 km by car.

There is train from Novosibirsk Glavny Railway Station to Chistoozernaya Railway Station by Novosibirsk-Kulunda train.

There is scheduled bus from Novosibirsk Bus Terminal to Chistoozernoe village. There is local bus from Chistoozernoe village to Yablonevka village. It goes every day from Monday till Friday.

Photographer: Dmitri Molchanov