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> Sasha, what's the word for the collective things you'd have on the table
> when serving tea, including the samavar, cups, spoons, etc?

I do not think we have such a term. We would say that "tea table" is
served. Tea table would be "chainyj stol". But it would only be used to the
reference for the things served. One wouldn't say "I need to buy "chainyj
stol".

Russian is a very complex language. We never had people like Chaucer and
other "simplifiers" and Russian remain complex, crazy and untidy since
middle ages. Like us.

Sasha.