now it looks far from like a sanatorium, however, local authorities have given the barkovshchina springscal natural monument of local importance. in the village of vashkovo, in this amazing place there are four springs, and they are close to each other, however their water is completely different, the first two are rich in iron, if you want to imagine the taste, remember the tap water with the taste of rust. the third is radon, very clean and useful. and the fourth is sulphurous, a smell to put it mildly, but an amateur one. nowadays tourists don’t come here often, in the distant 19th century, the russian resort was chosen by residents of russian provinces, germany, poland, france, and the swiss scientist rabov noted barkovism among the best european health resorts. each traveler has his own book of records. i have already seen the oldest tree, the deepest lake, that's the biggest one. i really want to see the stone, it’s interesting, isn’t it? so, remember the coordinates and get acquainted with the shumilinsky district, the village of gorki, velikiy kamen. by the way, this boulder is a