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A comedic dance from this country takes its name from its depiction of a landlady being pestered by her tenants. Dances from this country are often accompanied by bawdy quatrains, usually in an ABAB rhyme scheme. Due to its prominence in dances from this country, it gives its name to the straddling split jump. A sailors’ dance from this country was first popularized (-5[1])in the ballet The Red (*) Poppy. (10[1])A traditional dance from this non-Greek country was originally used for the ceremonial worship of a solar deity and features a large group of dancers joined together in a circle. A dance from this country that features a man and two women is named for its resemblance to a three-horse chariot, the troika. (10[1])For 10 points, name this country whose pagan dance traditions were depicted in The Rite of Spring. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Russia [prompt on the Soviet Union, USSR, or equivalents] (The traditional Russian circle dance is the khorovod.)
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