I was watching as Edik and Irina, two distant relatives of mine, were preparing the banya (wet-steam sauna): sawing wood; making broom-like veniki from birch branches; feeding the fire ...

Archimedes Banya, a Russian banya, or bathhouse, with elements of Greek, Turkish and German spa and steam room culture, issued a statement to its customers over email Thursday in support of ...

Moscow - The bath house, or "banya," no less than the vodka bottle, has been a cornerstone of Russian life for centuries - a place for letting off steam, as well as soaking it in, among friends and ...

Pete Kizenko's Russian banya, or bath house, is a place where people go to steam, soak and cold plunge. But a BYOB restaurant in the space offers a menu of dishes honoring his Russian and ...

A growing number of Australians are choosing to do just that and it's all thanks to these Russian migrants who are bringing their homeland tradition of the 'banya' downunder. Russians love their ...

MOSCOW, April 16. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he enjoyed going to banya, which is to some extent a Russian equivalent of a Finnish sauna, but he is not inviting there ...

"I am so happy, this is banya, Russian, European culture," sighs Kniazkov as he emerges from the icy waters. For Kniazkov and others, this experience connects them to an ancient tradition ...

Take a look inside. The Banya bathhouse, built on the sunbaked bricks of a 1920s bank, is a twist on a traditional European bathhouse, and a first of its kind in Mullumbimby, It features a marble ...