title: EVOLUTION OF MASSAGE AS ONE OF THE DIRECTIONS OF MANUAL MEDICINE IN RUSSIA
abstract: Background. The article presents the evolution of massage in Russia - one of the directions of manual medicine. The study of such an evolutionary process is due to the need to comprehend the mental, historical and methodological foundations of massage, allowing to assess the importance of this direction for the treatment of patients. The content of the article shows the attitude of people to massage in Ancient Russia, illustrates its progressive development from the beginning of the XVI to the e
journal: Siberian Journal of Life Sciences and Agriculture