
| Cossack (ru) - Don Cossacks - "free people" - originated as bands of run-away peasants, who organised into a military society and were given the privilege of not paying taxes in exchange for protecting the Southern borders of medieval Russia. | ||
| Cossachok (ru) - A little Cossack; drunk Don Cossack who doesn’t want to fight but drink and flirt; lovely Ukrainian dance. | ||
| Rostov (Rostov-on-Don) - A large city in the Don Cossack Region in south Russia. | ||
| Blini (ru) or blintzi (yid) - Pancakes. | ||
| Smetana (ru) - Soured cream. | ||
| Selyodochka pod Vodoch’ku (ru) - Russian welcoming custom refreshment. | ||
| Zakuski (ru) - The generic name for Hors d’oeuvres. | ||
| Ikra zamorskaya (ru) - Roasted vegetable ratatouille. | ||
| Adjika (geo) - A spicy Georgian tomato dip. | ||
| Tkemali (geo) - A spicy Georgian plum dip. | ||
| Khmeli-Suneli (geo) - An original Georgian mixture of 15 spicy herbs. | ||
| Satzivi (geo) - Georgian walnut sauce made with Khmeli-Suneli, an authentic Georgian spicy herbs mixture. | ||
| Gyuvetch (blg) - Vegetable casserole. | ||
| Matsoni (geo) or Matson (arm) - мацони, yogurt. | ||
| Vareniki (ukr) - Ukrainian dumplings. | ||
| Babushka (ru) - Sweet name for Grandma. | ||
| Mamushka (ru) - Sweet name for mama (rarely used); vivacious dance that Gomez gave to Fester in the Adams Family movie. | ||
| Lavash (arm) - A soft, thin flatbread, widespread in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. | ||
| Kasha (slav) - Buckwheat - one of the oldest known dishes in the Slavic cuisines. | ||
| Tortik (ru) - malinky, wee tart (!) | ||
| Kutouzov Cake - Named after Russian Field Marshal, who defeated French Emperor Napoleon during France's invasion of Russia in 1812. | ||
| Napoleon Cake - Named after French Emperor, who was defeated by Russian Field Marshal Michael Kutouzov in 1812. | ||
