Sloviansk resort is one of the oldest mud-cure resorts in Ukraine. Sloviansk has been known for its mineral waters and therapeutic muds since 1827. At the beginning of the 20th century, Sloviansk mud was recognised as the best in Europe and won the Grand Prix at an international exhibition. In Soviet times this resort of national importance was the most financially prosperous trade-union health resort.
Sloviansk resort. Donetsk region. The closed "Yuvileinyi" sanatorium
Every year around 20 thousand holidaymakers took the cure here for diseases of the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and nervous systems — practically the whole body.
In 2010 disagreements between the city and the resort leadership over the rational use of the muds and other natural resources did nothing to help the health resort develop. From 2014 the situation worsened and told badly on Slavkurort's infrastructure. The balneo-physiotherapy hydrotherapy clinic was housed in the building of the former balneological institute. The clinic was built in 1852 and restored in the first years after the Hitlerite occupation. For several years now the treatment facility has stood abandoned and is turning into a derelict.
Slavkurort. The balneo-physiotherapy hydrotherapy clinic
One of the resort's four sanatoriums — "Donbas" — had its own balneological clinic with 84 places and a mud store. The buildings with their projecting bays were erected in 1976 by the design organisation "Soiuzkurort".
Slavkurort. The balneological clinic
The pump room occupied a chapel rebuilt in 2000, consecrated in 1903 in honour of the healer Saint Panteleimon. At the pump room they drew salty artesian water for treating gastrointestinal diseases.
Slavkurort. The mineral-water pump room
The health resort's main natural riches are the salt lakes Slipne and Rapne and the forest-park massif.
Slavkurort. Lake Ropne
The territory, with a total area of more than 431 hectares, holds the status of a regional landscape park. 114 species of trees and shrubs make up the resort's green collection.
Slavkurort. The green massif
For the terrainkur, a promenade, alleys, and viewing platforms overlooking the lake were laid out.
Slavkurort. A viewing platform
For enjoying the purest air and admiring the coniferous plantings and the flower beds, original benches were installed.
Slavkurort. The forest park
For now the park is neglected, the alleys are overgrown with wild growth, and the sculptures and fountains are crumbling.
Slavkurort. Trees after a windthrow
Slavkurort. Sculptures and fountains
In various years, well-known figures restored their health at the resort: Afanasy Fet, Nikolai Ostrovsky; the 13-year-old Mstislav Rostropovich performed here with an orchestra.
Sloviansk resort. Memorial plaque to Mstislav Rostropovich
Maxim Gorky recovered his health at foreign resorts at the expense of the RCP(b) treasury, but in the park the stormy petrel of the revolution is immortalised in concrete in memory of his labour in 1891 at Sloviansk station.
Slavkurort. Monument to the writer Maxim Gorky
A. P. Chekhov stopped in Sloviansk in 1887 and described the town as "a godforsaken, disordered place". The classic was honoured with a gilded bust beside the "Sloviansky" sanatorium.
Bust of A. P. Chekhov beside the "Sloviansky" sanatorium
Slavkurort. The "Sloviansky" sanatorium
The resort had a modern treatment-and-prevention base and medical equipment; the effectiveness of its treatment, the achievements and professionalism of its doctors were known beyond Ukraine's borders.
Slavkurort. The dining hall, club, and main building of the "Donbas" sanatorium
At the "Donbas" sanatorium, miners and workers of other dangerous trades rested and restored their health, and children affected by the Chornobyl NPP accident underwent rehabilitation.
Slavkurort. Fountain and the "Donbas" sanatorium
The "Yuvileinyi" health centre may be considered multi-profile, since here they helped people rid themselves of many grave ailments. The sanatorium was built in 1979 by the collective of the Novokramatorsk Machine-Building Plant and, besides its medical base, had sports grounds, a swimming pool, a concert hall, and much more for the holidaymakers' active leisure. The "Poltava" sanatorium was built to the same design and is one of the best sanatoriums in Myrhorod.
Slavkurort. The "Yuvileinyi" sanatorium
Slavkurort. Commemorative plaque about the construction of the "Yuvileinyi" sanatorium
Slavkurort. The gatehouse of the "Yuvileinyi" sanatorium
People who need treatment at Slavkurort await its revival and hope that the health resort will get back to normal operation.
Sloviansk resort. The ruined laboratory-and-diagnostics centre
An abandoned dance floor
An abandoned dining hall
Sloviansk resort. The abandoned "Donetski Zori" cinema
But until the quarrels die down, the resort should not expect its former prosperity.
Slavkurort. Neglected buildings and infrastructure
How to get there? From the Sloviansk railway station or the bus station, a marshrutka and trolleybus No. 8 run to Slavkurort. At the Slovianskyi Kurort railway station stop the suburban trains Kostiantynivka-Kharkiv, Kostiantynivka-Izium, Sviatohirsk-Blyzniuky, Fenolna-Chervonyi Lyman and the passenger train Kostiantynivka-Ivano-Frankivsk. Along the eastern side of Slavkurort runs the M-03 (E 40) motorway Kyiv-Kharkiv-Dovzhanskyi.
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