Classic Russian stove as in folk tales

Here is a picture of a classic Russian stove: http://www.realiaproject.org/realia/image/538.jpg
From the text attached to the picture:
"This is the type of multi-purpose stove celebrated in Russian literature. There are places for boots and gloves to dry out, for the samovar to be attached, for bread to be baked, soups to be cooked, etc. The honored person(s) in the household could sleep atop the stove (the corner of the sleeping area is visible on the right)."

From another site:
"One of the things that really defined Russian cuisine was the pech'the Russian stove. It took up a good third of the Russian peasant's cottage. You probably know from reading Russian fairytales that the pech' is almost a living entity in them. People could sleep on the tops and take baths within the hearth. The properties of the stove allow it to get extremely hot for baking breads and pies, so Russians learned to extend a scarcity of products by wrapping them in doughthat way, they could feed many more people with a smaller amount of food. Then, as the temperature began to fall in the stove, they would make the really wonderful grains and soups that are so important to the cuisine." http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/culturecounter/9811/russian_cuisine.shtml