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1. No Shortage of Soup and Porridge!

Seven types of kasha to last you all winter – from farina to kutya, and everything worth eating in between...

Tags: New Year, peter the great, alexander iii, peasants, kasha, soup, russian food, food
2. No Shortage of Soup and Porridge!

Hearty Russian soups to warm up this autumn, all seven days a week. 

Tags: peasants, fish, mushrooms, lenin, rus', ancient russia, russian food, soup
3. Russia's Favorite Rebel and His Bloody Capture Turn 345

On April 14, 1671, Cossacks captured rebel leader Stenka Razin and ended his rebellion against the tsar. Here’s some background on Razin’s uprising, and what it meant for the fate of Russia.

Tags: stenka razin, rebellion, uprising, tsar, peasants, cossacks, 1671, astrakhan, lobnoye mesto, autocracy, revolt
By Dmitry Volodikhin
4. Peasants

Links to a collection of authoritative sites on peasants in Russia's history.

Tags: russian, peasants, servitude, serfs
By Linda DeLaine

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