The dialects distinguish between shchi and all the other, more liquid soups, which were categorized as pokhlebka (broth).
Ксения Викторовна Осипова (Ksenia V. Osipova) 2017, 'SHCHI IN THE RUSSIAN NORTH: CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC SYMBOLISM', Vestnik Permskogo universiteta: Rossijskaâ i zarubežnaâ filologiâhttp://press.psu.ru/index.php/philology/article/view/111. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)