Medvezhye_(Kurgan_Oblast)
Medvezhye (Kurgan Oblast)
Body of water in Petukhovsky District, Kurgan Oblast, Russian Federation
Medvezhye (Russian: Медвежье озеро), meaning "bear lake", is a body of water in Petukhovsky District, Kurgan Oblast, Russian Federation.[1]
There are two settlements by the lake Kurort Ozero Medvezhye and Novoye Ilinskoye.[2] The mud of the lake is deemed to have medicinal properties. According to legend a bear with a sore paw dipped it in the lake and was healed.[3] Lake Medvezhye is a protected area.[4]