Quote Originally Posted by Propp
Я читал, что "кессонная болезнь" это разновидность "декомпрессионых заболеваний", к которым относятся вообще заболевания, связанные с перепадами давления (в том числе в горах и под водой).
Correct! It is like opening a bottle of beer. When the lid comes off the bubbles of carbon dioxide are released from the beer into the air and surrounding area.
When an underwater diver comes to the surface too quickly the same thing happens to him, only the gas that is released is Nitrogen (from the pressurized air he has been breathing), which will form bubbles in his blood and under his skin. For this reason a diver must ascend to the surface no more than 9 meters per minute. This gives time for the Nitrogen to stay in solution while it is being released from the tissues and blood.
You don't want to become an uncorked bottle of champagne!

PS Does anyone know of any dive sites in Russia. Are their popular places for divers to go. Perhaps the Black Sea?