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by macleginn 1415 days ago
> Pretty sure just filling a proper wooden tub with the hot water is a lot simpler.

Water in a tub gets cold pretty quickly; vessels with water inside a stove keep warm for much longer.

Old school Russian stoves have been hard to find in Russian villages now because they are too big and impractical, but a proper article, like one shown here https://zen.yandex.ru/media/1banya/kak-mylis-v-russkoi-pechi... , can easily fit a grown person.