Elena Molokhovets's classic Russian cookbook A Gift to Young Housewives gives the first known recipe for Govjadina po-strogonovski, s gorchitseju, "Beef à la Stroganov, with mustard", in its 1871 edition [REF].
After the fall of Tsarist Russia, the recipe was popularly served in the hotels and restaurants of China before the start of World War II [REF].