bliny

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Noun1.bliny - Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeastbliny - Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream
blini
battercake, flannel cake, flannel-cake, flapcake, flapjack, hot cake, hotcake, pancake, griddlecake - a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
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Under his birth name, Isidor Feinstein, Stone was given the undercover name "bliny" or pancake and asked to supply tidbits of information and to recruit or identify other possible agents or informants.
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The pre-Lenten festival required bliny [pancakes], so bliny recipes he would provide.
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