The Russian Tsar fell in love with the style of local spas in Teplice and Karlovy Vary. He started early in St. Petersburg to build a Russian spa industry. In order to include something guaranteed to be from Teplice, the export of Bílinská kyselka to Russia began. The supplies were provided by the merchant Johan Asmus Kranse and Dr. Christian Thal. Bílinská became so well known in Russia that it was only registered as a trademark in 1910.
