The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word KIROV
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More clues leading to the result KIROV
- Put out verse about Irish dancers
- Revolutionary drink sweetheart uncovered?
- Put out volume about Irish dance company of old
- Revolutionary drink sweetheart uncovered
- Russian ballet‘s cocktail of sound
- Dancers cutting hems from skirt before very gripping ball
- Drink first in opera-house, ahead of very famous ballet
- Novosibirsk? Snob is upset with this Russian place
- I take over Very Grand First Ballet
- Drink finished, Queen off to see ballet company
Buddy explains!

The straight part
We know that "Russian place" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case russian place = kirov.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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