Russian Genealogical Word List
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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]
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Е[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 |
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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