What is "stroganina"

thumb|300px|Prepared stroganina on a table

Stroganina ( Russian строганина, literally "shavings") is a dish of the indigenous people of northern Arctic Siberia consisting of raw, thin, long-sliced frozen fish. Around Lake Baikal, the dish is referred to as raskolokta. Traditional stroganina is made with freshwater whitefish salmonids found in the Siberian Arctic waters: nelma, muksun, chir, and omul. Rarely, it is made with sturgeon. This dish is popular with native Siberians, and is present in Yakutian cuisine, Eskimo cuisine, Komi cuisine and Yamal cuisine. It is often paired with vodka.