"With a light steam!" - say Russians in funny sense, when they come out of the bath. To achieve a ‘tasty’ steam in a bath is the most difficult business. Such skill was always appreciated in Russia. It is necessary to pick up dry birch into fire with wood. To arrange them in the furnace to make them burning.  To wait until the fire in the furnace dies out, when it is necessary – to put there hot coals. Keep the wood out of a dark blue charcoal flame. Exactly this minute - not earlier and not later – one should slam a door in a bath.
The skill of pouring water in the furnace is necessary. The main thing - not to fill in the ‘kamenka’ completely in order to avoid excessive dampness. Only then you can breathe easily. Heat in the Banya is strong but tender! One must also mix the cold water with the hot water before pouring it on the stones. A floor in the Banya is made finely from cut pine branches with tart aroma.
The Temperature in Russian bath - 70-95 degrees, relative humidity - 85-95 %. It is hot enough to be suffocating but it is dry and pleasant, because of such soft humidity as if you were in hot day at seacoast. Heat warms up, gets deep but does not scald.
The submission of hot water on the heated stones not only adds a heat on a shelf, but also clears the atmosphere of the bath. The steam, being condensed on a shelf, absorbs all the waste. That is why it is necessary to make wooden shelves on piles between boards from which it is laid out, to leave small gleams between them.
The atmosphere in a bath is created with the furnace. This is the heart of a bath. The bath in which the steam keeps within all day is the most famous. It depends about on volume of stones in the furnace and total amount of a steam in room. When stones are heated approximately up to temperature of 600 degrees (crimson color), heat is kept much longer - till morning before closing a bath.
It is necessary to splash water so that not fill the furnace completely, not to weight the air, not to admit excessive humidity. Not to warm out the ‘kamenka’ one should strike always the hottest water. For this purpose a basin with boiled water is put near the furnace. After splashing a ladle one should make a pause. At first water is poured in greater portions - around 100-150 gr. If there is no "barrier", all the people out of separate age groups can come into one steam room.
A smell of sweat dampness. Wet leaves from brooms are everywhere – that is the end of Banya. It is necessary to undertake cleaning - the one who wants to relax in the pleasure, should keep room clean. Of course the room must stay open for a time to dry up - the steam room must be aired. The sweating room in a public bath should be enough high, approximately 4 meters. Then the cleanliness of air and the maintenance of oxygen are sufficient. The height of a shelf is approximately 1.5 meters, but not less.
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