Pyshka

Pyshka
	Ring-shaped pyshki, Saint Petersburg
Type	doughnut

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

Types[edit]

Pyshki are either ring-shaped or without a hole.

Pyshki without a hole, Novosibirsk pyshki cafe

Regional name variations[edit]

In Saint Petersburg and Novosibirsk, the dish is called "pyshka" and the cafe is called "pyshechnaya". In Moscow, it is called "ponchik", the doughnut eatery is called "ponchikovaya".^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pyshechnaya, Bolshaya Konushennaya Street, Saint Petersburg, founded in the 1960s^[4]
Novosibirsk Pyshechnaya, Leninsky City District, opened in the mid-twentieth century^[3]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Searching for signs of the Soviets in St Petersburg. The Guardian.

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[1] 6 places to try legendary Soviet donuts in Moscow. Russia Beyond.

[2] Pyshki with cognac. NGS. Пышки с коньяком. НГС

[multiple-3] Pyshka, I know you: the taste of soviet childhood. NGS. Пышка, я тебя знаю: вкус советского детства. НГС.

[4] NTV.

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