Mazanka

Historically, it was widespread in Ukraine and other territories with a significant Ukrainian minority (e.g. Kuban), which was connected with natural conditions, since there were not so many forests, and therefore, wood for construction.

As a result of kneading, a homogeneous mass was formed, more like dough, the main thing is that it is not too liquid.

The space between the ploughs and the Riegels (cells) was filled with lumps of clay mixed with straw or reeds (rolls), or woven walls were plastered with this material; these operations were known as "marching".

A hut with walls woven from brushwood and plastered with clay was called a khvorostianka (Ukrainian: хворостянка).

This type of house got the name mazanka from the word mazaty (Ukrainian: мазати; to smear, to grease, to plaster with clay mortar).