Wanna Know What To Eat In Russia? These Traditional Russian Foods Are To Die For

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Russian cuisine has developed over centuries under different social, cultural, geographical, and regional influences. Because the cuisine has evolved in the homes of the ordinary people, it is both unique and diverse.

You can find these dishes in the expensive restaurants or the cheap kofenyas, kafes, and stolovayas (canteens), each differing from region to region. Let’s look at some of the staples and famous dishes in the different areas of Russia.

Northern Russian Cuisine

The food in Northern Russia includes a lot of fish and reindeer meat and some bear and squirrel.

Fermented reindeer meat

Attributed to the Chukchi or Nanai cuisines, a sack made of reindeer skin is filled with reindeer meat and bones and covered in snow over a period of a few months. Once unearthed, it can be consumed.  

Pryanik or Tula Prianik

These famous gingerbreads are stamped with images of the Tula Kremlin or…