Kulich (bread)

{{Short description|Type of Russian Easter bread}}

{{Other uses|Kulich (disambiguation)}}

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| course = Before breakfast

| type = Yeast cake{{cite book | editor1 = Karen Evans-Romaine | editor2 = Helena Goscilo | editor3 = Tatiana Smorodinskaya | title = Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture | publisher = Taylor & Francis | year = 2013 | isbn = 978-1-136-78785-0 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXz2okCSfq8C&pg=PA160 | access-date = November 5, 2016 | page = 160 }}

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File:Традиционные пасхальные яйца и куличи..jpg with Kulich bread and colorful Easter eggs, Stavropol region, Russia|alt=]]

File:Ivan Bilibin 107.gif from Russia uses old Russian language orthography that can be translated to a modern rendition along the lines of "Kulich-city is standing, glorifying itself; Lauding itself over other cities; There is no other place better than me!; For I am all tvorog and dough! The Х and the В are for {{wt|ru|Христос воскрес}} ("Christ is Risen")]]

Kulich{{efn|{{langx|ru|кули́ч|kulích}}, {{langx|be|куліч|kulich}}, {{langx|hy|կուլիչ|kulich}} (from Ancient Greek {{wt|grc|κόλλῑξ}}, {{small|romanized:}} {{Transliteration|grc|kóllīx}}, "roll of coarse bread"); {{lang-ka|პასკა|paska}}, {{langx|uk|пáска|páska}}Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "[http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Fshare%2Fstarling%2Fmorpho&basename=%5Cusr%5Clocal%5Cshare%5Cstarling%5Cmorpho%5Cvasmer%5Cvasmer&text_word=кулич&method_word=substring кулич]"[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dko%2Fllic κόλλιξ], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus}} is the Russian name for Easter bread. For the eastern Slavs, festive bread is round and tall, and dough decorations are made on top of it. The cylindrical shape of the cake is associated with the church practice of baking artos. The Paska bread tradition spread in cultures which were connected to the Byzantine Empire and is a traditional cultural part of countries with an Orthodox Christian population. It is eaten in countries like Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, North Macedonia and Serbia.{{Cite web | url=http://destinations.com.ua/events/orthodox-easter-in-ukraine | title=Orthodox Easter in Ukraine | access-date=2017-05-21 | archive-date=2018-06-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615004418/http://destinations.com.ua/events/orthodox-easter-in-ukraine | url-status=dead }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.globeholidays.net/Europe/Ukraine/Kiev/Ukraina_Kulic1.htm |title = Kiev Kulich (Ukraine) - sweet Kiev - dessert Kiev - desserts Kiev - sweets Kiev}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thekitchn.com/why-no-russian-easter-is-complete-without-kulich-254951|title=Why No Slavic Easter Is Complete Without Kulich|work=Kitchn|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en}} Kulich is a variant of paska Easter breads and represents not only Easter but also the spring.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbth.com/arts/2015/04/10/kulich_a_cake_that_means_spring_not_just_easter_45153.html|title=Kulich: A cake that means spring, not just Easter|last=Kharzeeva|first=Anna|last2=RBTH|first2=special to|date=2015-04-10|website=www.rbth.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-08}} Easter is a very important celebration in Eastern European countries, even more important than Christmas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tripsavvy.com/easter-in-russia-1502223|title=What to Know if You're Visiting Russia on Easter|website=TripSavvy|access-date=2019-03-08|archive-date=2018-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129124548/https://www.tripsavvy.com/easter-in-russia-1502223|url-status=dead}}