Electric Sauna Heaters (see below) Discount Spa Home The History Of Russian Steam Baths If one would think about Russia, most people living far from the Siberian and Eastern European borders would regard their place as a fascinating mystery. Indeed, Russia remains an enigmatic place for tourists. It is regrettable that most foreigners would readily identify Russian people with the violent reputation they have created throughout their communist transition.
However, there is one more thing the Russians pioneered in history. It is ironic that the modern times consider sauna an indispensable recreation, yet they tend to overlook the fact that such invention can be credited to the Russians. It became so widely popular in the Slavic world that Finland seemingly took the credit for it in the contemporary era. Around 1113 AD, the completion of the Russian archives call the Pinnacle Chronicle featured much evidence of popular sauna culture in early medieval times. One of the most famous chroniclers is the Christian Apostle St. Andrew. His writings contain incredible and fascinating tales about the sauna and a glimpse of the peculiar Russian psyche. Like in the modern design, St. Andrew visualized the sauna as a wooden bath cabin. He was appalled by how these ancient Slavic people endure dual extremities of heat and cold without any semblance of human sensation. Furthermore, they always come out of their steam huts naked and they walk out in the cold of the winter with the horrid wounds after a long self-flagellation using reeds. Even in ancient times, the world who knew about Russians are just as amazed as the modern world who their fierce spirit. The possible negative impression featured in St. Andrew's writings can somehow be viewed in a positive light for people whom admire epic feats of physical strength. It was only due to steam bath that the early Russians displayed the kind of phenomenal resilience, even despite the absence of standard medicine in any point of their history. In a place seemingly devoid of warmth, sweating is seen as a symbol of good life. The benefits of perspiration somehow penetrated their Christian and superstitious perspectives, and its significance extended beyond mere secular medicine. Fortunately, on a strictly medical point of view, modern medicine coincides with ancient Russian sentiments about the value of sweating. The Russian sauna and the Russian attitude to steam bath becomes a subject of fascination for foreigners like St. Andrew. Even in modern times, writers who visited Russia make a profit from circulating stories about Russian steam baths. Indeed, more than AK-47, vodka, and caviar; sauna remains to be the Russian people's most wonderful and popular export. Sauna Heater: Get the right size. Too small you will experience problems with the high-limit control tripping out. If the sauna heater is oversized, you will feel a searing, burning type of heat from the powerful heater that is not pleasant. When purchasing an electric sauna heater, be sure it is stainless steel. Reason it that other steels such as galvanized, under high temperatures may prevent release zinc, lead or other heavy metals off-gases into the sauna atmosphere. Stainless is 100% non-toxic. 240 Volt Sauna Heaters A quick rule of thumb for calculating the size of the sauna heater for a sauna room that is 7' high is to divide the cubic feet of the sauna room by 50 to give you the needed kilowatt size for a 240 volt sauna heater. For Example: 7' x'10" x 6' = 420 cu. ft. /50 = 8.4 Kilowatt for a 240 volt sauna heater 120 Volt Sauna Heaters Small 110-volt electric sauna heaters are designed to seat one or two persons. Electric heaters range in size from 2 Kw to 18 Kw. The sauna heater size is calculated by by allowing 1 kilowatt (Kw) for every 45 or 50 cubic feet of sauna space. Click Here For Electric Sauna Heaters Sauna Prices
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