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The Moscow Fish Week Festival
The Moscow Fish Week Festival
The Moscow Fish Week Festival
The Moscow Fish Week Festival
The Moscow Fish Week Festival
The Moscow Fish Week Festival
The Moscow Fish Week Festival
The Moscow Fish Week Festival
The Moscow Fish Week Festival
The Moscow Fish Week Festival
The Moscow Fish Week Festival
The Moscow Fish Week Festival
The Moscow Fish Week Festival
The Moscow Fish Week Festival
The Moscow Fish Week Festival
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Bolshaya Bronnaya ul., 29 | Novopushkinsky park, Moscow 115487, Russia

Russian cuisine is a collection of the different cooking traditions of the Russian people. The cuisine is diverse, with Northern and Eastern European, Caucasian, Central Asian, Siberian, and East Asian influences. Russian cuisine derives its varied character from the vast and multi-ethnic expanse of Russia. Moreover, it is necessary to divide Russian traditional cuisine and Soviet cuisine, which has its own peculiarity. Its foundations were laid by the peasant food of the rural population in an often harsh climate, with a combination of plentiful fish, pork, poultry, caviar, mushrooms, berries, and honey. Crops of rye, wheat, barley and millet provided the ingredients for a plethora of breads, pancakes, pies, cereals, beer and vodka. Soups and stews are centered on seasonal or storable produce, fish and meats. Such food remained the staple for the vast majority of Russians well into the 20th century. Russia's great expansions of culture, influence, and interest during the 16th–18th centuries brought more refined foods and culinary techniques, as well as one of the most refined food countries in the world. It was during this period that smoked meats and fish, pastry cooking, salads and green vegetables, chocolate, ice cream, wines, and juice were imported from abroad. At least for the urban aristocracy and provincial gentry, this opened the doors for the creative integration of these new foodstuffs with traditional Russian dishes.
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