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Unboxing a Russian Military Ration Pack

2016-06-25 · Updated: 2026-08-11 · Original (Korean)

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As soon as I woke up on the morning of the 17th, I unboxed and analyzed the Russian military ration pack I received on the Trans-Siberian Railway. I just wanted to see what was inside and how it tasted, but I almost threw up the delicious dinner I had the night before.

An olive green box with a star-shaped logo and Russian text sits on a wooden table.
Ta-da~~
Two hands are opening the top of the olive green paper box to check the inside.
Next to the open olive green box is an inner box containing a gold packaging container and several small wrappers.
Inside the paper box are a gold packaging container and small wrappers that look like sugar and other condiments.
It's packed to the brim.
Various food ration components, including canned goods, crackers, drink powder, and plastic spoons, are spread out on a round wooden table.
The inside of an empty paper box with a silver-coated interior, completely emptied of its contents.
The inside of the box is insulated like this, so you can put instant noodles in here, pour in hot water, and eat a massive portion.

Item-by-Item Breakdown

A flat, rectangular canned container with Russian text on pink packaging.
Meat pieces mixed with white fat in an aluminum container.
Pork. It's mostly fat. It gets a little better if you boil it, but I don't recommend it.
A rectangular canned container with a green circular label on an orange and yellow striped background.
A dish of mixed peas, meat, and carrots in an aluminum container.
Peas with meat. It's edible.
The lid of an aluminum container with orange and yellow striped packaging and Russian text.
A dish of mixed buckwheat and meat pieces in an aluminum container.
Looks like oatmeal. This is also edible.
The lid of an aluminum container with gold packaging and Russian text.
A minced meat dish covered in brown sauce in an aluminum container.
Meatballs. These are the best of the bunch.
A round can lid with pink and beige packaging and Russian text.
Food with red broth and vegetable chunks in a can.
Tastes like vegetable tuna, but without the tuna. It's decent enough.
A round cheese can lid with yellow and blue packaging and Russian text.
Yellow food with a soft texture in a can.
I thought this was cheese spread for bread, but I couldn't even bring myself to eat it.
A round can lid with an apple illustration and Russian text.
Thick brown contents filling a can.
Apple jam.
A round can lid with Russian text.
Light brown, minced meat-like contents in a can.
Absolutely inedible. Mashed liver.
A round can lid with Russian text on a blue background.
Pink meat paste in a round can.
This is some kind of mashed mystery meat. Also absolutely inedible.
A chocolate bar in camouflage packaging with Russian text.
A dark chocolate bar divided into 8 pieces resting on a white napkin.
Chocolate. It tastes like coal and definitely has over 90% cacao.
A brown paper wrapper with instructions for use written in Russian.
A metal stand with three white solid fuel tablets placed on it.
There are three solid fuel tablets for heating the food. But from what I can see, there are more than three things that need to be cooked.
A makeshift metal stove supporting a gold foil container.
A gold foil container with meat being heated on a makeshift stove.

If you have any Russian soldiers around you, please buy them something delicious.