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Shchi (Russian: щи IPA: [ɕːi] ) is a Russian soup with cabbage as the primary ingredient. When sauerkraut is used instead the soup is called sour shchi and soups based on sorrel spinach nettle and similar plants are called green shchi (Russian: зелёные щи zelyoniye shchi). In the past the term sour shchi was also used to refer to a drink a variation of kvass which was unrelated to the soup.
