Judging from the responses I am convinced that Americans are stupid.
In Russia there is a product or a main dish. There are lots of different dishes. It should also be noted that the Russian multi-ethnic country. Many different dishes come from other nations.
For example a very popular Ukrainian borscht - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht
pilaf - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilaf
Buuz - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buuz
A huge number of different dishes. To just name it. For example, there are more 80 than pilaf recipes.
Recently, American fast food is losing ground. Traditional Russian dishes displace. Such as pancakes.
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Various grains, various spaghetti, potato, meat (mostly beef, pork, chicken), various vegetables (cucumbers, tomatoes, etc). Particular choice depends on a person heavily.
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