One: Russia doesn't even pronounce it "borscht" - that seems to be a Bulgarian interpretation of the letter щ. We spell it борщ (same spelling) and pronounce it like "borsh" but with the final sh kind of mixed in with a y sound, and normally spell it in English as borshch (referencing the historical pronunciation of щ as "shch") or less commonly as borsch. I get why English speakers spelled it the way they do, but it's not the way Russians pronounce it at all.

Two: Hate it? Try okroshka, shchi (a cabbage soup), pirogi, or maybe kompot. Kompot's pretty well known.

Second-to-last place is disgusting. I demand a refund of my time reading this article.