Statistics for English Words of Russian Origin

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Definition		Word	% Correct
Clear, distilled alchohol	V	Vodka	96%
Russian emperor	T	Tsar	93%
Russian emperor (alt. spelling)	C	Czar	79%
Extinct woolly elephant	M	Mammoth	77%
Russian astronaut	C	Cosmonaut	74%
Prison camp	G	Gulag	74%
Type of hat worn by Indiana Jones	F	Fedora	70%
Old woman	B	Babushka	69%
Russian for no	N	Nyet	64%
Beet soup	B	Borscht	60%
Warm jacket with hood	P	Parka	59%
The vast, Eurasian grasslands	S	Steppe	45%
Russian national parliament	D	Duma	38%
Subarctic forest zone	T	Taiga	37%
Caviar-bearing sturgeon	B	Beluga	35%
Anti-Jewish riot	P	Pogrom	35%
Russian summer cottage	D	Dacha	29%
Metal urn for making tea	S	Samovar	29%
Carriage drawn by three horses	T	Troika	20%
Russian wolfhound	B	Borzoi	11%

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