The next section заку́ски hors d'œuvres is divided into холо́дные заку́ски cold hors d'œuvres and горя́чие заку́ски hot hors d'œuvres. Here are some заку́ски:
икра́ чёрная, зерни́стая | black caviar |
икра́ п́аюсная | pressed caviar |
икра́ кра́сная (кето́вая) | red caviar |
лососи́на копчёная | smoked salmon |
осетри́на | sturgeon |
ветчина́ | ham |
сыр | cheese |
сала́т | salad |
грибы́ | mushrooms |
марино́ванные грибы́ | marinated mushrooms |
масли́ны | olives |
Salads are also popular as заку́ски:
| зелёний сала́т | green salad |
| сала́т из огурцо́в | cucumber salad |
| сала́т из лу́ка | spring onion salad |
| сала́т из помидо́ров | tomato salad |
| сала́т из реди́ски | radish salad |
A Russian сала́т is usually potato salad, unless indicated otherwise (as the above list shows).
The next section on the menu is супы́ soups. They will be designated on the menu as пе́рвое (literally "first soup"). Russians consider soup an important part of the midday meal. Some soups are served with sour cream, fresh chopped dill or spring onions. Пирожки́ meat pies or small bowl of ка́ша cooked buckwheat may accompany certain kind of soup.
Russian soups include:
Борщ made with beef stocks, beets, onions, cabbage, potatoes and carrots. It is often served with sour cream.
Щи made with cabbage but no beets. It is considered to be Russian while Борщ is Ukrainian. Different types of щи include:
| мясны́е щи | meat щи |
| вегетариа́нские щи | vegetarian щи |
| све́жие щи | fresh cabbage щи |
| ки́слые щи | щи made with pickled cabbage |
| су́точные щи | yesterday's щи (supposed to improve but standing overnight) |
Рассо́льник made with chicken giblets, veal kidneys, vegetables and pickles and served with sour cream.
Бульо́н clear broth. Often contains фрикаде́льки little meat balls; sometimes served с яйцо́м with chopped hard-boiled eggs or accompanied by пирожки́ с мя́сом meat pies.
Уха́ fish soup.
Соля́нка spicy soup made with fish, meat or sausage.
Окро́шка cold summer soup made with квас kvas, beets, fresh cucumbers and hard-boiled eggs and served with fresh dill, sour cream and spring onions.
Свеко́льник sweet and sour beet soup, served cold with sour cream.
Харчо́ thick spicy soup made with lamb; a traditional Georgian soup.