# The best Russian soups

Shchi, borscht, ukha, solyanka and okroshka: the hot and cold soups of Russian cuisine.

- 11 votes · 14 items
- Dec 3, 2023 · bbqboss95
- https://even.best/en/l/2856/the-best-russian-soups

## Top 14

1. **Borscht** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Beetroot soup with sour cream.
2. **Shchi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cabbage soup, Russia's essential soup.
3. **Rassolnik** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Soup with pickled cucumbers.
4. **Okroshka** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cold soup made with kvass.
5. **Day-old shchi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Shchi left to mature for a day.
6. **Botvinya** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cold soup with fish and beet greens.
7. **Kholodnik** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cold beetroot soup.
8. **Kalya** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Brine soup with fish.
9. **Ukha** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fish soup.
10. **Solyanka** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thick sour-spicy soup with meat or fish.
11. **Green shchi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sorrel shchi.
12. **Chicken noodle soup** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chicken noodle soup.
13. **Tyurya** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bread, onion and kvass.
14. **Pokhlyobka** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Simple thick soup.

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