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. 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
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
Transliterating Russian to English in One Step, online automatic transliterator by Steve Morse.
Online Dictionaries
English » Russian Dictionary at Learning Russian.Net
Months of the Year
| 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
| 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
| 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
This general word list includes words commonly seen in genealogical sources. Numbers, months, and days of the week are listed.
A
| Russian | English |
| август |
|
| адвокат |
|
| администратор |
|
| акт |
|
| акты гражданского состояния |
|
| акушерка |
|
| алфавитный список |
|
| апрель |
|
| арендатор |
|
| армия |
|
| артиллерист |
|
| архив |
|
| архивариус |
Б
| Russian | Transliteration/English |
| брак, бракосочетанние | brak, brakosochetannie marriage |
В
| Russian | English |
Г
| Russian | English |
| Государственном архиве | "Gosudarstvennom arkhive" or State archives |
Д
| Russian | English |
Е
| Russian | English |
| Еврейские | "Yevreyskie" or Jewish |
| Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть | "Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast'" or Jewish Autonomous Oblast |
| его | him, his |
| её | her |
Ё
| Russian | English |
Ж
| Russian | English |
З
| Russian | English |
И
| Russian | English |
Й
| Russian | English |
К
| Russian | English |
| кто | who |
| кем, кѣмъ | by whom |
| какимъ | (by) which |
| какое | which, what |
Л
| Russian | English |
М
| Russian | English |
Н
| Russian | English |
О
| 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
| Russian | English |
Р
| Russian | English |
| Ревизские сказки | "Reviska Skazka" or Revision Lists |
С
| Russian | English |
| Смерти | "Smerti" or death |
Т
| Russian | English |
У
| Russian | English |
Ф
| Russian | English |
Х
| Russian | English |
Ц
| Russian | English |
Ч
| Russian | English |
Ш
| Russian | English |
Щ
| Russian | English |
Э
| Russian | English |
Ю
| Russian | English |
Я
| Russian | English |
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