Take a walk inside a giant stove!

The traditional Russian stove – which was once very much at the heart of the Russian home – has been given its very own exhibition in Russia’s Kaluga region. Visitors are even able to stand inside a giant 11-metre-high stove and lear

Traditionally, the stoves were used both to keep the house warm and to make food. At the same time it could be used as a bed, with old people and children often sleeping on top of it.