Pyshka or ponchik (Russian: пышка, pl. pyshki пышки; пончик, pl. ponchiki пончики) is a Russian variety of doughnut.
Pyshki are either ring-shaped or without a hole.
Pyshki without a hole, Novosibirsk pyshki cafe
Regional name variations
In Saint Petersburg and Novosibirsk, the dish is called "pyshka" and the cafe is called "pyshechnaya". In Moscow, it is called "ponchik", the doughnut eatery is called "ponchikovaya".[1][2][3]
Pyshechnaya, Bolshaya Konushennaya Street, Saint Petersburg, founded in the 1960s[4]
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Pyshki without a hole, Novosibirsk pyshki cafe
