Russian oven
![Typical Russian oven in a peasant izba. Oven's tools in the right side. Photo from Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and Everyday Life.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Belarus-SMFAL-Stove1426.jpg")
![Usage of the Russian oven etched by John Augustus Atkinson (1803)](/Images/godic/202502/08/Atkinson_Isba_1803_crop1426.jpg")
A Russian oven or Russian stove (Russian:Русская печь) is a unique type of masonry stove that first appeared in the 15th century. It is used both for cooking and domestic heating in traditional Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian households. The Russian oven burns firewood or wood manufacturing waste.