The next category of product offered by Raifsky Spring is medicinal table water. It also has a high salt content (from 1 thousand mg to 10 thousand mg per liter). This water is not suitable for cooking; it should be drunk in limited doses, which are calculated depending on the general state of health of the person. This is the most common type of water, which proved itself back in the Soviet Union, because most of the most famous brands of that time produced just such products. It owes its success to its therapeutic effect, which, if used correctly, can relieve many diseases. The label contains recommendations for using this drink, but you should not rely solely on them. It is better to consult a doctor for the correct prescription and dosage. He will select the optimal treatment individually for you. If this is not taken into account, excessive consumption of such water can upset the balance of salts in the body, which will lead to an exacerbation of existing diseases.
"Guide to Kazan" publishes a selection of springs and holy springs that attract local residents and guests of the republic with their healing properties and interesting history
Holy spring of the Raifa desert
One of the most famous and popular places in Tatarstan is the Raifa Monastery. On its territory there is a holy spring with healing water. Anyone can come to the monastery and collect water. The monastery is located 30 km from Kazan on the picturesque shore of a lake, around which centuries-old pine trees grow.
The composition of the water from this source is unique - hydrocarbonate magnesium-calcium water. Scientists conducted research on it and officially recognized it as healing. Today, a chapel with a blue dome has been built over the spring. This chapel was consecrated by Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II in 1997.
The Raifa Monastery is truly a unique place, as evidenced by numerous eyewitnesses. During church hymns there you can hear an unusual voice that sounds an octave higher and does not belong to anyone from the church choir.
Despite the fact that the monastery is located on the shore of a lake, frogs are silent in those places, although they live there in abundance. There is a legend that the monks asked the Almighty for mercy - deliverance from the loud croaking that interfered with the singing of church hymns. A miracle happened - the frogs fell silent and remain silent to this day.
For many years, Russian and foreign scientists did not believe in this miracle and considered it a myth, trying to refute it. Loud French toads were purposefully brought here and fell silent near the monastery. Scientists tried to study them in order to find out the reason for the silence. They were taken away and already a kilometer from the monastery the French toads began to croak loudly.
Holy Key of Panteleimon the Healer
Located in the Maly Bor forest, in the Nizhnyaya Kama National Park. It is nine kilometers from Yelabuga. The legend about the origin of this source goes deep into the past. It is believed that there used to be a monastery monastery next to the spring. Maly Bor is a picturesque area with amazing flora, untouched by people.
People have trodden a path through the forest to the Panteleimon spring, which is practically not overgrown. People go to the source all year round in the hope of healing. The water in it has a temperature of +4 degrees at any time of the year. Some people claim that bathing in this spring cured them of many diseases. Every year on August 9, on the day of St. Panteleimon the healer, a church ceremony is held at this Holy Spring. Orthodox Christians pray to Panteleimon the healer for the healing of the suffering.
Bilyarsky Holy Key
This spring with healing water is located near the village of Bilyarsk (Alekseevsky district of Tatarstan). This place is revered by both Christians and Muslims. The key is located in the forest near Mount Khuzhalar-tava. In ancient times there was a pagan sanctuary here.
There are many legends and tales about this key. An Orthodox legend tells of a Muslim woman to whom the Mother of God appeared in this place, after which the girl converted to Christianity. Muslim legend tells about Khoja Tyryshmal, whose 12 daughters turned into stars. The stories are different, but the place is the same - picturesque, quiet and holy.
Today the Bilyarsky Holy Key is a place revered by three religions: Christianity, Islam and Slavic paganism. The territory of the key is surrounded by a fence and welcomes everyone. Behind the source there is a staircase leading up the mountain. Just before the top of the mountain there is a settlement called “Devichiy Gorodok”. According to legend, there was once a fortress there, which was built by girls.
Key of Saint Paraskeva
It is located near the Chelny embankment in Korabelnaya Roshcha. This key was first mentioned in documents in the 17th century. According to one legend, a woman saw a prophetic dream in which an angel came to her and ordered her to go to this spring. She went into the forest and found a cross and an icon near a spring. The key was named after Saint Praskeva.
Pilgrims from all over Russia have been coming here for several hundred years. Some claim to have received healing. After the revolution, this place began to be gradually forgotten. But one day in 1970, one girl found a cross in that place. When he was pulled out of the ground, a spring appeared.
Holy springs of the Semiozersky monastery
They are located in the Vysokogorsk region of Tatarstan, near the village of Semiozerka. In these parts there are two springs with ice water. They are located near the monastery. A kilometer away is the Near Spring, which is surrounded by tall poplars and pine trees. The spring itself is at the bottom of a ravine, and a winding river flows nearby. There is a small chapel nearby. There is a special trench through which water from the spring flows into the chapel.
The water of the Near Spring is famous for its amazing taste. Pilgrims tell stories of many cases of healing. There are known similar cases that occurred both before the revolution, and in the Soviet era, and in our time.
If you walk up along the river, you can see the Far Holy Spring. It is also called in honor of Mother Anisia, an ascetic who lived in these parts and helped the suffering. At the Far Spring they have equipped a small font where you can take a dip. There are confirmed cases where people, having plunged into the water of this holy spring, got rid of cancer.
Source of insight
Many pilgrims are attracted by the ancient village of Arkatovo (Pestrechinsky district). There is a church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God. Near it there is a key, popularly called the “eye” key. Since the icon is otherwise called Hodegetria (the Seer), a large number of healings from it and from the source are associated specifically with eye diseases.
Recently, many cases of healing of eye diseases have been recorded at this Holy spring. People regularly drink water and wash their eyes with it. After a certain time, vision begins to recover.
Well of Sahaba Gabdrakhman
In the city of Bolgar, on the banks of the Volga there is the Jerusalem ravine. At its mouth there is a well called “Gabdrakhman sahabe koesy” (“Well of Sahaba Gabdrakhman”). This well is revered by Muslims who visit it for healing from illnesses. It is believed that the water in it helps heal ailments and maintain excellent health.
The appearance of the well is associated with an ancient legend. It is said that the Prophet Muhammad sent three of his disciples to spread Islam, giving them a staff, a turban and an inkwell. They came to Bolgar and healed people.
The Bulgarian Khan's daughter was ill, and he invited healers to his place. They examined the patient and said that for healing she needed a birch broom. The birch should not be simple, but grown from a staff. One of the healers named Gabdrakhman stuck his staff into the ground, and water flowed in this place and a birch tree grew.
With the help of a broom made from this birch and water, Muhammad's disciples healed the khan's daughter. Then the doctors suggested that the khan and his family convert to Islam. Since then, this water has been considered sacred, and the well is often visited by believers.
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“Raifa Spring” - environmentally friendly artesian drinking water - is extracted from a depth of 100 meters in the environmental protection zone of the Volga-Kama State Natural Biosphere Reserve.
“Raifa Spring” is clean and tasty drinking water that retains high natural qualities.
Regular consumption of Raifa Spring drinking water, rich in beneficial microelements, has a positive effect on the organs and systems of the human body. After all, the minerals we need when dissolved in water are absorbed in the best possible way.
Drinking water "Raifa Spring" is ideal for people who want to lead a healthy, active lifestyle and play sports. Such water has not a therapeutic, but a physiological effect, stimulating the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract and excretory system.
The quality of drinking water "Raifa Spring" meets the highest requirements of Russian and international standards. In addition, thanks to a three-stage mechanical purification method, the “Raifa Spring” is “living” water created by nature itself. And living water is capable of transmitting its energy and purity to a person.
The special soft taste of Raifa Spring water is due to its low content of hardness salts (1.0-1.2 mg-eq/l). The Raifa Spring water has a well-balanced balance between softness and a healthy set of essential salts for humans - and this is very important for drinking water. After all, water must be physiologically complete (with optimal content of the main macro- and microcomponents of the salt composition), and also “alive”!
Natural drinking water “Raifa Spring” is not subject to any artificial mineralization, which means there is no danger of overdose in any respect.
When disinfecting drinking water “Raifa Spring”, a reagent-free method of ultraviolet irradiation is used. Bactericidal ultraviolet does not change the chemical composition and taste of water and does not lead to the formation of by-products.
When bottling Raifa Spring bottled drinking water, double control of its microbiological parameters is used. In a detailed test report of this water, such indicators are simply not found. Therefore, Raifa Spring water can be consumed unboiled without fear, starting from infancy. Thus, you will preserve all the best properties of this water, obtained in an environmentally friendly reserve.
Drinking clean and good water means thinking about your health. Nutritionists believe that clean drinking water is the most important food product. The human body consists of 70-80% water, and therefore our health depends on the quality of the liquid consumed.
Natural artesian drinking water “Raifa Spring”, obtained in an ecological place, is a thread that continues to reliably connect us with pristine nature.
The unique composition of drinking water “Raifa Spring” is a gift from nature itself.
THE LIQUID FROM THE TAP, IN terms of QUALITY, OVERTASTED THE PRODUCTS OF THREE WELL-KNOWN TATARSTAN DRINKING WATER PRODUCERS, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF TASTING
Yesterday, the State Alcohol Inspectorate of the Republic of Tatarstan held a consumer tasting of drinking bottled water sold in retail chains in Tatarstan. Based on the sum of the scores of all participants in the event, the first three places were taken by “Volzhanka”, “Sister” and “Akvavita”. But the BUSINESS Online journalist, who also acted as one of the “people’s tasters,” and Doctor of Medical Sciences Anatoly Ivanov have a different opinion on this matter.
MANUFACTURERS SHUTTERED AND BLESSED
Today, 30 producers of bottled drinking water are represented on the Tatarstan market - both local and from other regions of Russia. Each buyer prefers his own brand, his own volume. Actually, how the product of one manufacturer differs from another and in general from tap water, representatives of the authorities, “water” companies and the media - in general, amateurs - tried to figure out yesterday at a consumer tasting at the State Alcohol Inspectorate of the Republic of Tatarstan.
13 samples of ordinary clean drinking water purchased in ordinary stores in Tatarstan were presented to the public. Stamps were presented "Volzhanka", "Sister", "Aldermysh spring", "Raifa Spring", "Oleroli", "Aquavita", "Crystal Well", "Khotninskaya" And "Pantia". We were given a sample of the “Key of Health” water to try, bottled by the holding company “VAMIN-Tatarstan” through kiosks in city courtyards. Two samples of tap water passed through Barrier and Britta household filters. And even an extravagant cocktail called “a water sample passed through a general-purpose filter in an apartment building in the Aircraft Construction District of Kazan.”
However, the wary tasting participants were warned in advance that all water samples had passed laboratory tests using unique equipment in the laboratory of the State Alcohol Inspectorate of the Republic of Tatarstan and, in general, met all standards.
WATER IS DEMINERALIZED FOR THE PLEASE OF TEA
Let us note right away that the organizers of the drinking party made one, in our opinion, most serious mistake - when pouring water from decanters into glasses, they named its brand and manufacturer. As a result, tasting water became somehow uninteresting - except, perhaps, for tap water from some apartment in the Aircraft Construction District. The producers took turns shuddering and blushing when the bottling of their water was announced.
Life-giving moisture was assessed on a five-point scale. I like it – 5 points, I find it difficult to answer – 3, I don’t like it – 1. And this is the result. Volzhanka water took first place with a total of 125 points. In second place is “Sister” (115 points), in third place is “Akvavita” (111). Interestingly, the last 13th place was taken not by tap water, but by water passed through a Britta filter. "VAMIN" with its "Health Key" was only able to become the penultimate. Above it was water, also passed through a filter, but this time of the Barrier brand...
This is where the opinion of the BUSINESS Online journalist does not coincide with the assessment of the majority. And this is evidenced by the points he gave to the water from the filters - 3 for each sample. And "VAMIN" has a hard stake. Because the “Key of Health” water is acidic and not entirely transparent to light. Unlike the one passed through the Britta and Barrier filters. And the same goes for “Akvavita” - this water, which, let us remind you, took third place in the “national ranking” of amateur experts, tastes exactly like it came from the tap. Therefore, she also fails.
By the way, the cocktail under the code name “Aircraft Source” took a very good place - an honorable eighth out of thirteen. And it overtook not only the “Key of Health” and the “Britta” and “Barrier” filters, but also such responsible manufacturers as the companies “Alisa” and “Klin” with their drinking waters “Crystal Well” and “Pantia”.
Meanwhile, a real expert on water - head of the course of municipal hygiene at Kazan Medical University, Doctor of Medical Sciences Anatoly Ivanov, was even more categorical in his assessment. “All the water presented today is almost completely demineralized. You do this on purpose - so that tea can be brewed better. But this is wrong! Because such water destroys the human body,” he emphasized.
In general, Ivanov was especially generous with advice today. “In natural water, the ratio of calcium to magnesium is five to one. And you write some unrealistic numbers on the labels. And don’t get carried away with dosing fluoride - this is very dangerous! You purify your water so well that you even feel some kind of metallic taste - so don’t get carried away with filters,” he urged manufacturers and did not give any of them 5.
Sergey Koshcheev,
photo by Ilya Lavrinenko
Reference Trademarks and manufacturers of bottled water:
"Volzhanka" - LLC "Volzhanka" (Ulyanovsk region);
"Sister" - Healthy Life Company LLC (Republic of Mari El);
"Aldermyshsky source" - LLC "Aldermyshsky source" (Vysokogorsky district);
"Raifa source" - Perspektiva LLC (Zelenodolsk district);
"Oleroli" - LLC "Kirbinka" (Laishevsky district);
"Akvavita" - LLC "AkvaVita" (Kazan);
"Crystal Well" - LLC "Alice Soft Drinks Plant" (Naberezhnye Chelny);
"Khotninskaya" - LLC "Khotnya-Queen" (Arsky district);
"Pantia" - LLC "Company "Klin" (Kazan).
"Key of Health", JSC "VAMIN-Tatarstan" - Arsky Dairy Plant
Experts were invited yesterday by the Consumer Union of the Republic of Tatarstan to drink bottled non-carbonated water. According to the results of the tasting, which brand of water received the palm, and whose water will be purchased again in the presence of witnesses, sealed and sent to the laboratory for thorough analysis, the Vechernaya Kazan correspondent found out.
There is an opinion that it would be more logical to call our planet Water, rather than Earth, because most of it is occupied by water spaces: oceans, seas, rivers, lakes. And the inhabitants of the Earth themselves are approximately 80 percent water, and for the normal functioning of the body, a person needs to drink from one and a half to three liters of pure H2O per day. Our well-being, health and longevity depend on the quality of drinking water.
Since summer will begin in Kazan in a few days (at least according to the calendar), the consumption of bottled water will increase significantly, and even those who usually do not drink their allotted one and a half liters a day will be forced to do so in order not to die of thirst . In anticipation of the mass sweeping of bottles of drinking water from store shelves, the Union of Consumers of the Republic of Tatarstan decided to conduct a consumer tasting to find out whether all the water that we are offered to buy is equally good.
Eight samples of popular brands of bottled still water from natural sources were purchased for analysis. These are “Volzhanka” (manufacturer of UZMV “Volzhanka” software, Ulyanovsk region, Undory village), “Holy Source” (manufacturer of Edelweiss L LLC, Lipetsk), “Raifa source” (Perspective LLC, Zelenodolsk district of the Republic of Tatarstan ), water bottled under the brand name “Bakhetle”, “Living Key” (LLC “Water-Industrial Company”, Laishevsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan, Prigorodnoe forestry), “Khotninskaya” (LLC “Khotnya”, Arsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan, village of Khotnya), “ RusAlka" (Magistral-TK LLC, Almetyevsk), Societe Minerale (Agropark-Tatarstan LLC, Leninogorsk) and water with the rich name "Faith in a natural holy spring" (manufacturer Platon LLC, Chelyabinsk region ., Nyazepetrovsk).
To be honest, looking at the numbered plastic cups with water samples poured into them, the VK correspondent did not understand how experts would determine the taste, smell and color of something that, in principle, should have no taste, smell, or color.
Out of curiosity, I myself tried and sniffed all the water offered for tasting, but even on the third round it seemed exactly the same to me. The experts staged heated battles, sharing with each other their impressions of why this water seemed quite decent to them, but they didn’t like the other one at all. True, each time it was stipulated that this was a matter of taste.
The process of determining color was more or less clear: water poured into test tubes had to be examined against the background of a clean white sheet. All samples passed this test perfectly. As well as a transparency test: the water being tested was poured into a measuring cylinder, placed on paper with typewritten text and tried to read it. By the way, it’s a very exciting process.
As a result, it turned out that the first place was taken by two waters at once: the popular Ulyanovsk “Volzhanka” and the little-known Leninogorsk Societe Minerale. Second place went to Laishev’s “Living Key”, third place to Almetyevsk’s “RusAlka”.
Well, the first place from the end, guaranteeing increased attention from regulatory authorities, unexpectedly went to Khotninskaya water, produced in the Arsky region. The experts themselves were surprised that they “blindly” gave this well-known brand of water such a low rating, and even thought that some kind of mistake had crept into the results. Alas, there was no error.
General Director of Perspektiva LLC Vyacheslav Ryazanov (by the way, the water produced by his company, Raifa Source) took on the task of explaining why “Volzhanka” became a leader, although all the waters presented at the tasting were, in general, in an equal “weight category”. took only sixth place). According to Ryazanov, the management of Volzhanka invests huge amounts of money in production and can afford new technologies and the highest quality control.
At the same time, it is impossible to learn from the experience of our Ulyanovsk colleagues.
“I’ve visited many production facilities, but no one is allowed into Volzhanka,” Ryazanov complained. - They are not even allowed to take mobile phones to meetings with the general director, so that information does not leak.
When asked what prevents other producers from investing money in development, Ryazanov replied that due to great competition in the market and the huge markups that retail chains make on bottled water, producers get mere pennies for their liquid product.
Photo by Alexander GERASIMOV