English Words of Russian Origin

The following English words have been acquired either directly from Russian or else indirectly by passing from Russian into other languages and then into English. Based on the definition, guess the word.
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Definition
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Large kind of sturgeon
Beluga
Left-wing majority group of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party
Bolshevik
Russian astronaut
Cosmonaut
Country house or cottage in Russia
Dacha
Collective farm in the Soviet Union
Kolkhoz
Compromising information collected for use in blackmailing, discrediting, or manipulating someone, typically for political purposes
Kompromat
Citadel within a Russian town
Kremlin
Peasant in Russia wealthy enough to own a farm and hire labour
Kulak
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