Without the Banya We Would Perish: A History of the Russian Bathhouse by Ethan Pollock

Without the Banya We Would Perish: A History of the Russian Bathhouse

Ethan Pollock

360 pages 2019

2 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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When so much in Russia has changed, the banya remains. For over one thousand years Russians of every economic class, political party, and social strata have treated bathing as a communal activity integrating personal hygiene and public health with...

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