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The Russian Genealogical Word List contains Russian words and their English translations for many words that are found in documents used to research Russian ancestors. A version of the Russian Genealogical Word List in PDF is also available. If a word is not found in this list, consult a Russian-English dictionary.

Alphabetical Order[edit | edit source]

Аа Бб Вв Гг Дд Ee Ёё Жж Зз Ии Йй Kk Лл Mм Нн Oo Пр Pp Сс Тт Уу Фф Хх Цц Чч Шш Щщ Ъъ Ьь Ээ Юю Яя

No words begin with the hard sign (Ъъ) or the soft sign (Ьь).

Transliteration Aid[edit | edit source]

Transliterating Russian to English in One Step, online automatic transliterator by Steve Morse.

Online Dictionaries[edit | edit source]

English » Russian Dictionary at Learning Russian.Net

Months of the Year[edit | edit source]

Russian	Pronunciation	English
январь	yeen-VAHR'	January
февраль	fee-VRAHL'	February
март	mahrt	March
апрель	ah-PRYEHL'	April
май	mahy	May
июнь	ee-YOON'	June
июль	ee-YOOL'	July
август	AHV-goost	August
сентябрь	seen-TYAHBR'	September
октябрь	ahk-TYAHBR'	October
ноябрь	nah-YAHBR'	November
декабрь	dee-KAHBR'	December

Cardinal Numbers[edit | edit source]

Russian	Transliteration [pronunciation] / English
один	odin [ah-DEEN] / one
два	dva [dvah] / two
три	tri [tree] / three
четыре	chetyre [che-TYH-ree] / four
пять	pyat' [pyat'] / five
шесть	shest' [shehst'] / six
семь	sem' [syehm] / seven
восемь	vosem' [VOH-seem] / eight
девять	devyat' [DYEH-vit'] / nine
десять	desyat' [DYEH-sit'] / ten
одиннадцать	odinnadtsat' [ah-dee-nat-sat'] / eleven
двенадцать	dvenadtsat' [dvi-nat-sat'] / twelve
тринадцать	trinadtsat' [tree-nat-sat'] / thirteen
четырнадцать	chetyrnadtsat' [chye-tir-nat-sat'] / fourteen
пятнадцать	pyatnadtsat' [pyat-nat-sat'] / fifteen
шестнадцать	shestnadtsat' [shes-nat-sat'] / sixteen
семнадцать	semnadtsat' [sim-nat-sat'] / seventeen
восемнадцать	vosemnadtsat' [vahsim-nat-sat'] / eighteen
девятнадцать	devyatnadtsat' [divit-nat-sat'] / nineteen
двадцать	dvadtsat' [dvat-sat'] / twenty
тридцать	tridtsat' [treet-sat'] / thirty
сорок	sorok [soh-rahk] / forty
пятьдесят	pyat'desyat [pit-dee-syat] / fifty
шестьдесят	shest'desyat [shes-dee-syat] / sixty
семьдесят	sem'desyat [syem-dee-syat] / seventy
восемьдесят	vosem'desyat [voh-sim-dee-syat] / eighty
девяносто	devyanosto [di-vee-nohs-tah] / ninety
сто	sto [stoh] / one hundred
двести	dvesti [dvyes-tee] / two hundred
триста	trista [tree-stah] / three hundred
четыреста	chetyresta [chye-ti-ryeh-stah] / four hundred
пятьсот	pyat'sot [pit-soht] / five hundred
шестьсот	shest'sot [shis-soht] / six hundred
семьсот	sem'sot [sim-soht] / seven hundred
восемьсот	vosem'sot [vah-sim-soht] / eight hundred
девятьсот	devyat'sot [dee-vit-soht] / nine hundred
тысяча	tysyacha [ti-si-chah] / one thousand

Ordinal Numbers[edit | edit source]

Russian	Transliteration/English
первый	pervyy / first
второй	vtoroy / second
третий	tretiy / third
четвёртый	chetvyortyy / fourth
пятый	pyatyy / fifth
шестой	shestoy / sixth
седьмой	sed'moy / seventh
восьмой	vos'moy / eighth
девятый	devyatyy / ninth
десятый	desyatyy / tenth
одиннадцатый	odinnadtsatyy / eleventh
двенадцатый	dvenadtsatyy / twelfth
тринадцатый	trinadtsatyy / thirteenth
четырнадцатый	chetyrnadtsatyy / fourteenth
пятнадцатый	pyatnadtsatyy / fifteeth
шестнадцатый	shestnadtsatyy / sixteenth
семнадцатый	semnadtsatyy / seventeenth
восемнадцатый	vosemnadtsatyy / eighteenth
девятнадцатый	devyatnadtsatyy / nineteenth
двадцатый	dvadtsatyy / twentieth
двадцать первый	dvadtsat' pervyy / twenty first
тридцатый	tridtsatyy / thirtieth
тридцать первый	tridtsat' pervyy / thirty first

General Word List[edit | edit source]

This general word list includes words commonly seen in genealogical sources. Numbers, months, and days of the week are listed.

A[edit | edit source]

Russian	English
август	August
адвокат	lawyer
администратор	administrator
акт	document, record, certificate
акты гражданского состояния	vital statistics
акушерка	midwife
алфавитный список	alphabetical list or index
апрель	April
арендатор	tenant, leaseholder
армия	army
артиллерист	artilleryman
архив	archive
архивист, архивариус	archivist

Б[edit | edit source]

Russian	Transliteration/English
бакалейщик	Grocer
барышник	horse dealer
батрак	farm hand, hired hand
башмачник	shoemaker
бедность	poverty
бедный	poor
бедняк	pauper
безземельный	landless
Благороднй	noble
благородство	nobility
близнец	twin
близнецы	twins
бобыль	poor landless peasant
богадельня	poor house
болезнь	illness, disease
болезнь лёгких	lung disease, lung illness
болница	hospital
болной	sick
бондарь, бочар	cooper
боярин	boyar (m.) pre1700 aristocrat
боярство	the boyars
боярыня	boyar, nobleman's wife
брак, бракосочетанние	brak, brakosochetannie marriage
браконьер	poacher
бракосочетание	marriage
брат	brother
брачный обыски	pre-marital search of records, proving pride and groom are not related
брачный	marital (adj.) conjugal
бременная	pregnant
бродяга	vagabond
булочник	baker
бухгалтер	bookkeeper
бывший	former
быть	to be
бюргер	burgher

В[edit | edit source]

Russian	English
в	in, on, at
в час	at one o'clock
вдова	widow
вдовец	widower
ведомость	register, record, list
венчание	wedding ceremony
верность	accuracy, correctness, truth
вероисповедание	religion, faith, creed
весна	spring
весной	in the spring
весь	all, whole, everything
ветрянкя	chicken pox
ветрянкя опаса	chicken pox
вечер	evening
вечера	in the evening
вечером	in the evening
взрослый	adult
владелец	bearer, owner, propietor
властный	authoritative
внебрачный ребёнок	illegitimate child
внук	grandson
внучка	granddaughter
водянка	dropsy
военная слкжба	military service
военный	military, soldier
возраст	age
возчик	coachman, carter
воинский	military
война	war
волость	smaller, district, volost' (adm. unit)
волосы	hair
восемнадцатый	eighteenth
восемнадцать	eighteen
восемьдесят	eighty
восемьсот	eight hundred
воскресенье	Sunday
воспаление	inflammation
восприёмник	godparent
восприёмница	godmother
восток	east
восточный	eastern
восьмидесятый	eightieth
восьмисотый	eight hundredth
восьмой	eighth
время	time
всё	all, everyone, every
вся	all, everyone, every
вступить на службу	to go into the service
вторник	Tuesday
второй	second
вчера	yesterday
вчерашний	yesterday (adj)
выдать	to issue
выкидыщ	miscarriage
выписка	extract, (record)
выслать	to be send
высокий	tall
выходить замуж	to marry, to be married (fem)

Г[edit | edit source]

Russian	English
г.	abbreviation for город (city)
глаз	eye
глухой	blind
год	year
голод	hunger, starvation
гончар	potter
горничная	house maid, chambermaid
горнорабочий	miner
горняк	miner
город	city
госпиталь	hospital
господни	gentleman, Mr.
госпожа	lady, Mrs.
государственный	government
государственный архив	government archive
гражданин	citizen (male)
гражданка	citizen (female)
гражданство	citizenship
грамота	literacy
грамотный	literate
гренадер	grenadier
губерния	province, guberniya (adm. unit)
гусар	hussar, light cavalryman

Д[edit | edit source]

Russian	English
дано	was given
дать	to give
два	two (masc., neut.)
двадцатый	twentieth
двадцать	twenty
две	two (fem.)
двенадцатый	twelfth
двенадцать	twelve
двести	two hundred
движимость	movable property
двойни	twins
двойня	twin
дворянин	nobleman
дворянка	noblewoman
дворянский род	noble line, noble family
дворянство	nobility
двоюродная сестра	female cousin
двоюродная брат	male cousin
двухсотый	two hundredth
дева	maiden
деверь	brother in law, husband's brother
девица	maiden, unmarried woman
	maiden name
	little girl
	girl, maiden
	ninety
	ninetieth
	nine hundredth
	nineteenth
	nineteen
	ninth
	nine
	nine hundred
	grandfather
	grandfather
	December
	file, business, matter
	day
	birthday
	village (derevnya)
	tenth
	ten
	children
	childhood
	dysentery
	child
	during the day, in the afternoon
	until, up to, before
	agreement
	document
	house, home, building
	to inform
	to com of age, attain one's majority
	daughter
	milkmaid
	woodcutter
	woodcutter
	decrepitude
	decrepit
	tanner
	diocese, consistory
	mentally ill
	uncle

Е[edit | edit source]

Russian	English
Еврейские	"Yevreyskie" or Jewish
Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть	"Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast'" or Jewish Autonomous Oblast
его	him, his
её	her

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кто	who
кем, кѣмъ	by whom
какимъ	(by) which
какое	which, what

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О[edit | edit source]

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o	about
о родившихся	births (literally: about those who were born)
о бракосочетавшихся	marriages (literally: about those who were married)
о разведшихся	divorces (literally: about those who were divorced)
о умершихъ	deaths (literally: about those who died)

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Ревизские сказки	"Reviska Skazka" or Revision Lists

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Смерти	"Smerti" or death

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