Prepare the broth. Put a pot with 4 liters of water to boil. Put the smoked pork ribs and bay leaf in the pot. Cook the broth for 30 minutes, after boiling, reduce the heat to medium.
Make a frying. Heat oil in a frying pan and add onion and carrot. Sauté the vegetables until the onion is translucent. Add cucumber, 1 tbsp. tomato paste to the frying, stir and leave to stew for 10 minutes. If there is not enough moisture, add a couple more spoons of broth.
Combine the broth with all the ingredients. Remove the ribs from the broth and separate the meat from the bones. Add the potatoes to the broth and cook for 15 minutes. Then add the sausage, fried vegetables and sliced rib meat to the broth with the potatoes. Cook the solyanka for another 10 minutes over low heat, and add the olives at the very end. Salt and pepper the finished solyanka.