Russian Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

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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. If the word (or some form of it) you are looking for is not on this list, please consult Russian Word List or 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.

Months of the Year[edit | edit source]

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

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]

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Б[edit | edit source]

Russian	Transliteration/English
брак, бракосочетанние	brak, brakosochetannie marriage

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Г[edit | edit source]

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Государственном архиве	"Gosudarstvennom arkhive" or State archives

Д[edit | edit source]

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

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Ж[edit | edit source]

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З[edit | edit source]

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Й[edit | edit source]

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К[edit | edit source]

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

Л[edit | edit source]

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М[edit | edit source]

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Н[edit | edit source]

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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)

П[edit | edit source]

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Р[edit | edit source]

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Ревизские сказки	"Reviska Skazka" or Revision Lists

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Смерти	"Smerti" or death

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Э[edit | edit source]

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Я[edit | edit source]

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