шампУр

it's interesting that the word sounds similar to шОмпол, a wiping stick

depending what you mean by skewer, if you look here skewer - 約譛鱶鴃琿 you'll find quite a few translations including шампур and вертел (the one you probably mean)

variants for шампур http://multitran.ru/c/m.exe?t=799866_2_1

as far as i know shashlik is both cooked and served on шампуры
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WIKI confirms that skewer IS шампур

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skewer

this here is вЕртел

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