Jiaozi in Russia is called Pelmeni, and jiaozi's noodles are sometimes filled with eggs, and the stuffing includes meat (one or more kinds of mixture), mushrooms and so on. In the traditional Udmurt recipe, dumpling stuffing will be mixed with meat, including 45% beef, 35% mutton and 20% pork. Mushrooms, onions, turnips, sauerkraut and so on are sometimes used instead of meat in jiaozi in the western Urals. Some ingredients will add black pepper.

The word pelmeni, a Russian jiaozi, comes from pel'nyan' (пельнянь), which is the way to write ear bread in the local language. It is not clear when the Russian jiaozi pelmeni first entered the Russian menu. There is a saying that it came from China, was brought to Siberia by the Mongols, and was introduced to Europe. Pelmeni is also one of Tatar's traditional foods, known as Pilm? N, usually eaten with clear soup. Pelmeni, a Russian jiaozi, is popular with hunters because it is easy to carry, rich in nutrition, easy to prepare and easy to eat when it is frozen in winter.

Pelmeni in jiaozi, Russia can be preserved for a long time without losing nutrition, and the water used to cook them can be used to make soup.