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Vladimir Adolfovich Budzinsky

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Vladimir Adolfovich was convinced that not only the favorable climate of Anapa had healing properties, but also the sea water, mud, mountain air, grapes, and goat's milk. Being a person of progressive views, he utilized both natural healing factors and modern medical advancements of his time, such as galvanotherapy and galvanic mud.

The resort business in the Anapa region began to develop just over a century ago, and its founder was Vladimir Adolfovich Budzinsky. Energetic and talented, he radically changed the life of provincial Anapa, instilling in the locals a belief in the future of the resort.

Vladimir Adolfovich was born in Kuban. In 1885, after graduating from a gymnasium in Yekaterinodar, he began studying medicine at Kyiv University. However, two years later, he was expelled for participating in a meeting discussing revolutionary ideas and was accused of being unreliable. He was placed under police surveillance and exiled to the Poltava province, where his family lived.

Nevertheless, Dr. Budzinsky did not give up on his dream of becoming a doctor and in 1894 received a diploma from the medical faculty of Kharkiv University. Before working in Anapa, he was an intern and zemstvo doctor in Kharkiv, as well as working in children's orphanages.

The beginning of the development of Anapa as a resort center can be considered the year 1900. At that time, it was a small deserted town on the outskirts of Russia with several winding, unpaved streets and a central Bazaar Square.

However, Dr. Budzinsky was attracted by the natural and climatic riches of the region. He systematized data about them, noting the large number of warm, sunny days, the combination of steppe, sea, and mountain climates, as well as the convenient location of mud volcanoes and lakes, vineyards. These advantages still attract tourists today.

Having decided to build the first sanatorium, Vladimir Adolfovich took out a loan to purchase a plot on the high sea shore. There is a legend that this plot contained the entrance to the underground passages of an 18th-century Turkish fortress. Contemporaries believed that the doctor chose this place not by chance and even studied old plans of the fortress in the archives of Istanbul. Although it is unknown whether any valuables were found, the loan was paid off quickly.

In 1900, a hydrotherapy and mud treatment facility of the sanatorium "Beregovoy" opened on the High Shore, equipped with the latest medical technology. It had hydrotherapy halls, offices, and laboratories for treatment and research. In 1902, the first boarding house for 90 people was established.

Later, with the participation of Vladimir Budzinsky, the "Bimlyuk" sanatorium (1909) for children with tuberculosis of the bones and joints and the "Luchezarny" sanatorium in Semigorye (1911-1913) were opened. The "Bimlyuk" sanatorium became the first among health institutions opened on Pioneer Avenue in Anapa.

Vladimir Adolfovich not only created infrastructure but also actively promoted Anapa, published educational works, and gave lectures. The gold medals of the Anapa and Semigorye resorts at the 1914 exhibitions were the merit of Dr. Budzinsky. His contemporaries appreciated his work and petitioned for him to be awarded the title of honorary citizen, which was approved in 1915. The main result of his work was the growth in the popularity of the resort: from 1899 to 1911, the number of vacationers increased tenfold, reaching 15,500 people.

With the arrival of Soviet power, the institutions he created were nationalized. However, the doctor continued to work in them, fighting cholera, typhus, and dysentery. In 1921, he was sent to Yeysk to organize the resort business, where he spent the last two years of his life, passing away in 1923 from diabetes.

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