1. Soups of Russian cuisine By Victoria Trefilova, 9a form, St.Petersburg, Russia

2. Russian dinner can be hardly imagined without a plate of thick soup. In cold winter time it is hot, in summer-cold, but soup is inevitable. We call it « the first course” and eat all year round .

6. Shchi -is made of c abbage (fresh or sour), m eat or mushrooms , c arrots or parsley roots , s picy herbs (onions, celery, dill, garlic, pepper, bay leaf). One of the most famous Russian soups and the most ancient. Our forefathers used to say “Shchi and porridge-that’s our meal”