Borsch index
Similar to the "Big Mac index" - borsch index is often used by the Ukrainian mass media to assess the purchasing power of various currencies and determine the real hryvnia inflation.
Tasty variations
There are more than seven dozen prepared and described recipes for red borsch.
Veggy traveler
Tomato dressing appeared in Ukrainian borscht only at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, when American tomatoes finally took root in Ukraine.