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 and doubles main draw. In November 2016, Bublik announced that he would represent Kazakhstan. 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