CountriesRussiaRank 17 of 9811 words8 placesRussia11 English words in this atlas point back to Russia, spread across 8 places.ShareWordThe placeRelationshipConfidenceastrakhanThe curled fleece is named for a city on the Volga delta.AstrakhanFrom its productWell attestedBorodino breadA dark rye named after the bloodiest single day of Napoleon's Russian campaign.BorodinoFrom the placeProbableBorodinsky breadThe bread is named for the bloodiest single day of the Napoleonic wars.BorodinoFrom the placeProbableRussian reversalA Cold War stage bit that outlived the country it was mocking.RussiaFrom the placeProbableRussian rouletteThere is no real evidence Russians ever played the game named after them.RussiaFrom its peopleProbableRussian saladAbroad it is Russian salad; in Russia it is named for its chef, Olivier.RussiaFrom its peopleWell attestedburpaliteAn obscure alkaline intrusion in the mountains north of Lake Baikal has produced a long list of minerals found nowhere else.Severo-Baykalsky DistrictFrom the placeWell attestedChegetRussia's nuclear command kit is named after a ski mountain in the Caucasus.ChegetFrom the placeWell attesteddubniumThis element carried two rival names for nearly thirty years before a committee settled the argument.DubnaFrom the placeWell attestedKotlinNamed after an island on purpose, because Java is an island too.Kotlin IslandFrom the placeWell attestedturgiteA mineral that was unnamed twice: once for the species and once when X-rays showed it was a mixture.KrasnoturyinskFrom the placeProbableElsewhere in the atlasUnited States153United Kingdom108Italy63France57Germany29Greece29Canada22Turkey22People's Republic of China21Spain20Japan18India16Mexico13Belgium12All 98 countries →