Pyshka or ponchik ( rus, пышка, pl. ''pyshki'' пышки; пончик, pl. ''ponchiki'' пончики) is a Russian variety of

doughnut A doughnut or donut () is a type of food made from leavened fried dough. It is popular in many countries and is prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franc ...

Types

Pyshki are either ring-shaped or without a hole. File:Пышки.jpg, Pyshki without a hole, Novosibirsk pyshki cafe

Regional name variations

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the Russian Census ...

, the dish is called "pyshka" and the cafe is called "pyshechnaya". In Moscow, it is called "ponchik", the doughnut eatery is called "ponchikovaya".Pyshka, I know you: the taste of soviet childhood. NGS. Пышка, я тебя знаю: вкус советского детства. НГС.
/ref> File:Donut Eatery SPB.jpg, Pyshechnaya, Bolshaya Konushennaya Street, Saint Petersburg, founded in the 1960sNTV.
/ref> File:Пышечная, Новосибирск.jpg, Novosibirsk Pyshechnaya, Leninsky City District, opened in the mid-twentieth century

References

External links

Searching for signs of the Soviets in St Petersburg. The Guardian.
Soviet cuisine Russian cuisine {{Food-stub