Smoke furnaces, the so-called. „kurnyje piece”

Piece dymne (so-called. „kurnyje piece”) by evolution, they created the basis for the type of true Russian stove used for many centuries, which is also used to cook food, baking bread and heating the room. In addition, the furnace cover also served as a sleeping bed. Thanks to the simplicity of its structure and cheapness, as well as thanks to this, that refractory materials are unnecessary for its construction, cast iron and steel, this furnace is still irreplaceable in relation to the living conditions of the village. At the front of the stove, the lower part is left open under the entire stove to save bricks and at the same time as a place for storing and drying the tree The firebox takes up the entire interior of the stove.

In front of the opening to the hearth there is a pre-stove for cooking with the chimney up and with a chimney damper. The oven for cooking and baking bread is fired with wood or straw.

The necessary air during burning flows through the hole through the bottom, and the smoke from the stove goes up the chimney. Cooking pots are placed at the front of the fire. If the oven is used to bake bread, after heating it, ash is removed and the bottom is wiped with a wet cloth, Baking bread is then put through the opening and the opening is covered with a tin or wooden curtain.

The walls of the furnace are bricked in 1/2 bricks, capping at the top - arched; such a construction gives a good heat accumulation. The roof of the stove, even and smooth at the top, serves as a place to sleep.