28 dishes
| Menu | Say it | What it is | Usually contains |
|---|---|---|---|
| Борщ | borshch | Beetroot soup, often with beef and sour cream | Meat, dairy |
| Щи | shchi | Cabbage soup | Often meat stock |
| Солянка | solyanka | Sour, salty soup with pickles, olives and smoked meats | Meat |
| Окрошка | okroshka | Cold summer soup with kvass or kefir, vegetables and sausage | Dairy, meat |
| Пельмени | pelmeni | Meat dumplings | Gluten, meat |
| Вареники | vareniki | Dumplings with potato, cabbage, cottage cheese or cherries | Gluten, dairy |
| Блины | bliny | Thin pancakes, sweet or savoury | Gluten, eggs, dairy |
| Сырники | syrniki | Fried cottage-cheese pancakes | Dairy, eggs, gluten |
| Каша | kasha | Porridge (buckwheat, oats, semolina) | Often dairy |
| Гречка | grechka | Buckwheat, a common side dish | Gluten-free grain |
| Котлета | kotleta | Minced-meat patty | Meat, bread |
| Бефстроганов | befstroganov | Beef strips in sour-cream sauce | Meat, dairy |
| Голубцы | golubtsy | Cabbage rolls with meat and rice | Meat |
| Холодец | kholodets | Meat in aspic, served cold | Meat |
| Селёдка под шубой | selyodka pod shuboy | Layered herring salad with beetroot and mayonnaise | Fish, eggs |
| Оливье | olivye | Potato salad with mayonnaise, peas and meat | Eggs, meat |
| Винегрет | vinegret | Beetroot and vegetable salad | Vegan |
| Драники | draniki | Potato pancakes | Eggs |
| Плов | plov | Rice cooked with meat and carrots | Meat |
| Шашлык | shashlyk | Grilled meat skewers | Meat |
| Хачапури | khachapuri | Georgian cheese bread | Gluten, dairy |
| Хинкали | khinkali | Georgian soup dumplings | Gluten, meat |
| Пирожки | pirozhki | Small baked or fried buns with filling | Gluten |
| Квас | kvas | Fermented bread drink, very low alcohol | Gluten |
| Морс | mors | Berry drink | — |
| Компот | kompot | Drink of stewed fruit | — |
| Сметана | smetana | Sour cream | Dairy |
| Творог | tvorog | Cottage cheese | Dairy |
Recipes differ by restaurant. With an allergy, ask: «Здесь есть орехи / молоко / глютен?» (Is there nuts / milk / gluten here?)