Bublik and to eat them with jam (varenye), sour cream (smetana), or other similar dips. While they often accompany tea, bubliks, again unlike modern bagels, are rarely considered a breakfast food. There are number of similar bread products in Russian cuisine, and the main one of this type is baranka (pl. "baranki"), a dough ring somewhat smaller than a bublik, but much thinner and drier. While bubliki originate from Pale of Settlement (Ukraine and Belarus), baranki are an original Russian dish, their very name, baranka or baranok, being a contraction of a word obvaranok, "scalded". They are usually harder than bubliks,
Alexander Bublik Alexander Bublik Alexander Stanislavovich Bublik (; born 17 June 1997) is a Russian born tennis player who represents Kazakhstan. He has achieved a career high ranking of no. 95 in the ATP rankings as of 25 September 2017. Bublik started playing tennis at the age of 4 and is coached by his father Stanislav Bublik. On the junior tour, Bublik has a career high ranking of no. 19. Bublik has won five ITF singles titles and three ITF doubles titles. Bublik made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 St. Petersburg Open where he received wildcards into the singles