I've found that with recent Russian/CIS immigrants the ability to belt out a couple of verses of "Polyushka polye-dy" and maybe a verse or two of "Sol'nyechny krug", is a fantastic icebreaker. They're so amazed they tolerate my teetotalling ;-) One I would really like to know in Russian but have never run into is the Russian text underlying "Stenka Razin". Haven't really looked for it. Maybe now I will.

Liland