Banyas

On the banks of the Donska River. The banya is in what must have been a beautiful location, surrounded by orchards.

A long-standing fixture smack dab in the town center, on Lake Gnilopiat (which translates, roughly, to "Putrid Five Lake"). NB: If ever you want to go down an entertaining rabbit hole, we recommend diving into the etymology of this lake. The…

On the Voronia River on the west side of town.

There are 2 banya sites on the right bank of the Ordesh River. And in between them? A brewery (6).

This multipurpose - or simply as-yet-undefined-purpose - site sits at the northern edge of the town center, on the left bank of the Sura River. It is just downstream from the town wharf.

On the right bank of the Alatyr River. The site is located just outside the wall in the northwest corner of town.

This plan hits us over the head with the fact that it is, well, a plan. For what might happen at some point in the future. And in Buinsk, at some point in the future, there might be a public banya here. And it might or might not find itself alongside…

Located on the left bank of the Barysh River at the place where the old course of the river meets the new one. (The old course flowed just to the east.)

The banya sits apart on the northern edge of town, separated from the Sura River by blank, undefined space.

Just outside the town walls on the right bank of the Volga River.

On the western edge of town, almost off the map. The banya is also on the edge of the area of spring flooding of the Syzran, next to the space reserved for leather factories (10).

On the right bank of the Iren' River. To the west of the banya (on the other side of the river) is a landscape dotted with lakes and small settlements.

Multiple locations are noted on the legend, which is natural given the size of Moscow. However, the image quality is less than ideal and as a result it is difficult to match the legend items with numbered sites on the plan.

On the right bank of the Moskva River. The image quality makes it difficult to say much more about this banya.

This banya is in the southwest corner of town, on the Kharkov River.

The banya site is set apart in the southern part of town, at the confluence of the Merlo River and a small stream running through town.

Location matters! This banya occupies a space on the right bank of the Vol'cha River adjacent to a silk plantation. Imagine the wind rustling through the mulberry trees as you emerge from the steam room...

Imagine finishing work at the brewery (7), emerging into the evening light, heading east to the bridge over the Zhizdra River and walking along the right bank of the river past the town walls, out into the relative liberation of the banya.

The Borna banyas are located at the center of the geographic space of the city on the right bank of the Borzna River, near the meat and fish shops (11).

The banyas are on the west side of town, right across from the meat and fish shops (8).

The banyas are on the west side of town, on the far side of the Chibrizh River (where it meets the Gorodnia River).

On the left bank of the Educh' River - a place where the river is quite wide. Next to the meat shops (9).

The banyas are around the corner from the meat and fish shops (10) on the banks of the Svidnia River.

Near the southernmost bridge over the Sudinka River.

The banyas have a prime location on the right bank of the Desna River, just downstream from the guardhouse (7) and brewery (17). The closest feature, however, is a government office building (2) just west of the baths.

The baths are on the Studenets River on the western edge of town, not far from the meat and fish shops (8).

On the right bank of the Oster River, just downstream from the brewery (10).

On the left bank of the Mopovka, just before it joins the Desna River. The banya is located between the meat shops to the east (8) and the butchery to the west (11).

Just north of the town center on the Sudost River. (Just a block or two down from the meat and fish shops.)

In the northeast corner of town, on the banks of a small river.

The easternmost banya is next to (what looks to be) a lovely park on the right bank of the Babenets River, south of the town center. There is a second location on the left bank, in the town center, just downstream from the fish shops. A third banya…

At the southern edge of town, on the right bank of the Iput River.

The Rostov banya is located in the southeast corner of town, on the Don River. At least, that was the space the planners envisioned it occupying at some undefined point in the future of Rostov.)

There is so much happening within the space of Chernigov. The banyas - there are two of them - are located on the west side of town along the Strizhen River. One is across from the seminary (D). And the other? Across from the slaughterhouse (18).

This location is unlike most of the others, wedged between the sites of the slaughterhouse (10) and blacksmith (8).