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... To crown the visit, I bought a 3-litre plastic bottle of kvas, and took a train to the next stop where spent some three hours bathing, drinking kvass, sunbathing, and watching boats on the Moskva-Volga channel.
Kvass, bread drink (lit. "leaven"; Russian, Belarusian, Serbian and Ukrainian: kvas, Polish: kwas chlebowy (lit. "bread leaven"), Lithuanian: gira, Estonian: kali) is a fermented mildly alcoholic beverage made from black or rye bread popular in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and other Eastern European countries as well as in all ex-Soviet states, like Uzbekistan, where you could see a lot of kvass vendors in the streets.
The alcohol content is so low (1-1.5% at the very strongest) that it is considered acceptable for consumption by children. Though sometimes thought of as "children's beer", it is favored by all ages equally.
It is often flavoured with fruits or herbs such as strawberries or mint.
Russians also use kvass for cooking a special summer cold soup, okroshka.
In urban Russia, Kombucha (a beverage that became popular in Russia in the start of 20th century) is sometimes referred to as "tea kvass" or simply as "kvass", although these two drinks are different.
Kvass has been a common drink in Eastern Europe since ancient times. It has been both a commercial product and homemade. It used to be consumed widely in most Slavic countries, and in almost every city there are kvass vendors on the street.
Kvass is made by the natural fermentation of bread made from wheat, rye, or barley, and sometimes flavoured with fruit, berries, raisins or birch sap collected in the early spring.
Modern homemade kvass most often uses black or rye bread, usually dried, baked into croutons (called sukhari), or fried, with the addition of sugar or fruit (e.g. apples or raisins), and with a yeast culture and zakvasska ("kvass fermentation starter" - usually, leftovers of old kvass).
Commercial kvass is often made just like any other soft drink using sugar, carbonated water, malt extract and flavourings, but this type is regarded as unnatural and "bad". Good producers make it naturally. Kvass is commonly served unfiltered, with the yeast still in it, which adds to its unique flavour as well as its high vitamin B content.
Similar beverages from around the world that are traditionally low-alcohol and lacto-fermented include: Kombucha, Chicha, Ibwatu, Pulque, Palm wine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvas
Dmitrov is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 65 km to the north of Moscow. It is located on the Yakhroma River and the Moscow Canal, which connects the Russian capital with the Volga River. Population: 62,219 (2002 Census).
Dmitrov was founded by Yuri Dolgoruky in 1154 deep in the woods at the site where his son Vsevolod was born. Its name is explained by the fact that Vsevolod's patron saint was Saint Demetrius (Dmitriy in Russian).
In the 13th century, the town marked a point where converged the borders of Muscovy, Tver, and Pereslavl-Zalessky. The town itself belonged to the princes of Galich-Mersky, located much to the north, until 1364, when it was incorporated into Muscovy. Both Dmitry Donskoy and his grandson Vasily II granted Dmitrov as an appanage to their younger sons, so the town was a capital of a tiny principality.
The reign of Ivan III's son Yuri Ivanovich (1503-1533) inaugurated the golden age of Dmitrov. It is during his reign that the black-domed Assumption Cathedral in the kremlin and a smaller monastery cathedral of Sts. Boris and Gleb were built. Thereafter, the town passed to Yuri's brother, Andrey of Staritsa. In 1569, it was seized from Vladimir of Staritsa, added to the Oprichnina and consequently declined. The town suffered further damage during the Time of Troubles, when it was ransacked by the Poles.
Cathedral of Sts. Boris and Gleb was built before 1537. In 1812, Dmitrov was briefly occupied by Napoleon's Grand Armee; in 1941 the Wehrmacht soldiers were stopped on the outskirts of the town. The Anarchist prince Peter Kropotkin spent his last years there. In the 1930s, the local kremlin was excavated by Soviet archaeologists. Apart from the Assumption Cathedral, chief landmarks of the Dmitrov District are the cloisters of Sts. Boris and Gleb, of St.Nicholas on the Peshnosha River, and of the Virgin's Nativity at Medvezhya Pustynj, all three dating back to the 16th century.
Dmitrov is a railroad junction of the Moscow (Savyolovsky terminal) - Savyolovo branch and the Dmitrov-Alexandrov branch. The railroad provides efficient service to Moscow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitrov
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