Samovar (самовар) - a metal urn used in Russia for heating water for making teaTundra (тундра) - a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North AmericaMammoth (мамонт) - an extinct elephant-like mammal that lived during the Ice AgeBolshevik (большевик) - a member of the Russian Communist Party that seized power in the October Revolution of 1917Czar (царь) - a male monarch or emperor of Russia before 1917Pirozhki (пирожки) - a Russian dish consisting of filled pastriesBalalaika (балалайка) - a Russian musical instrument with a triangular body and three stringsBorscht (борщ) - a beet soup of Ukrainian origin that is popular in Russia and Eastern EuropeBabushka (бабушка) - a Russian word for grandmother, also used to describe a traditional headscarf worn by womenSputnik (спутник) - the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957