Umdaniso wesintu waseRussia ubanzi kwaye wahlukile njengesizwe ngokwaso. Nangona uninzi lwasemzini luchaza umdaniso wesintu wase-Russia kunye nokugxotha kunye nokuguqa kwe-Slavic, abaninzi bayazilibala izithethe zomdaniso ezazivela eTurkic, Ural, Mongolian nase Caucasian izizwe.
Omnye wale midaniso ngu barynya, eligama lithetha "ukuzenzela"; ngumdaniso wesintu waseRussia odibanisa i-chastushka (umbongo wemveli oqhele ukwimo yesatire) kunye nomdaniso odlamkileyo.
Umdaniso ngokwesiqhelo awunabuchwephesha bokuchophela kwaye ubandakanya ubukhulu becala ukungqisha kunye nokuchopha. Ukuyekiswa "iBarynya, barynya, sudarynya-barynya" (umninindlu, umninindlu, inenekazi elixhasayo), iphinda iphindwe rhoqo kulo lonke ixesha lomdaniso.
Kwakhona Kamarinskaya Ingoma yomdabu waseRussia kunye nomdaniso owawusetyenziswa kwiokhestra uMikhail Glinka «Kamarinskaya» (1848).
Kwaye Chechotka ; "umdaniso wempompo" wesintu waseRussia owenziwe eLapti (izihlangu ezikhulu) naphantsi kokuzimela kweBayan (ikhodiyani).