But while Peter's idea of a good time was writing fan letters to Frederick the Great and discussing how superior bratwurst was to borscht, Catherine's was rather different.
Popular soups include borscht (beetroot soup), solyanka (a sweet and sour beef and pork soup), mushroom soup, and the country's oldest recorded soup, Russian fish soup (ukha).
You can start with (speaking Russian) , you can start with (speaking Russian) , then you can do borscht, which is like a very Russian soup, also made of beets.