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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]

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

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

Б[edit | edit source]

Russian	Transliteration/English
брак, бракосочетанние	brak, brakosochetannie marriage

В[edit | edit source]

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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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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

Ё[edit | edit source]

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Ж[edit | edit source]

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З[edit | edit source]

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И[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]

Russian	English
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

С[edit | edit source]

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Смерти	"Smerti" or death

Т[edit | edit source]

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У[edit | edit source]

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Ф[edit | edit source]

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Х[edit | edit source]

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Ц[edit | edit source]

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Ч[edit | edit source]

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Ш[edit | edit source]

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Щ[edit | edit source]

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Э[edit | edit source]

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Ю[edit | edit source]

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Я[edit | edit source]

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+| '''Transliteration [pronunciation] / English'''
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 | один
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 | 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
 |}