Dept. of "so that's what it's called".

[ihcoyc]

Kazachok: "a Ukrainian and Russian folk dance in which high kicks are made from a squatting position."

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[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

That's the dance that was referred to as a trepak in one of our books, in the course of describing The Nutcracker.

On another subject entirely, what do you think of
http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/03/13/the-empire-never-ends/ ?