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In Russian cuisine
fish dishes are some of the most favorite ones. The rivers, lakes and seas by which Russian
people settled
always gave them this tasty and accessible food.
Apart from fresh-water fish our ancestors also ate sea fish like cod, navaga. However, especially valued were sturgeon, salmon and other fishes of this kind. Most often fish
dished are served with potatoes and boiled buckwheat.
There is one explanation why in past Russians used
to cook fish dishes.
It was not allowed
to eat any kind of meat and any kind
of milk food in duration of long
fasts but fish dishes were permitted (except time of the Lent).