A |
Adres |
address |
B |
Bednyi |
indigent; poor |
Beremennaya |
pregnant |
Bezdetnyi |
childless |
Bezobraznyi |
deformed |
Biblioteka |
library |
Bibliya |
Bible |
Bog |
God |
Bolezn’ |
disease; sickness |
Bol’noy |
sick |
Bol’shoy |
large; great |
Ch |
Chast’ |
part; portion; share |
Cherespolosnyi |
property scattered among several plots of land |
Cherta |
line; boundary |
Chislo |
number; figure; quantity |
Chto |
what; that |
D |
Devich’ya Familia |
maiden name |
Dar |
dower |
Data |
date |
Data Rozhdeniya |
date of birth |
Data Smerti |
date of death |
Den’gi |
money |
Den’ Angela |
name-day; festival of the anniversary of one’s saint |
Den’ Rozhdeniya |
birthday |
Dlya |
for |
Dolya |
part; portion; share |
Dom |
home; house |
Domokhoziain |
household head; landlord |
Dovod |
proof; argument; evidence |
Drug |
friend |
Dusha |
soul; person |
E |
Ee |
her |
Ego |
him |
Emigrant |
emigrant |
Etnicheskaya Prinadlezhnost’ |
ethnicity |
Eto |
it |
F |
Familia |
surname |
Fotografiya |
photograph |
G |
Gazeta |
newspaper |
Gde |
where |
Genealogiya |
genealogy |
Genealogicheskoe Drevo |
family tree |
Geograficheskii Spravochnik |
gazetteer |
Geral’dika |
heraldry |
Gerb |
coat-of-arms |
Glukhoy |
deaf |
Gospodin |
Mister; Mr. |
Gospozha |
Mrs. |
Grazhdanin / Grazhdanka |
citizen (m/f) |
Grazhdanstvo |
citizenship |
Grob; Grobnitsa |
tomb; grave; coffin |
I |
I |
and; also |
Ili |
either; or |
Imenie |
property; holding; estate |
Imeniny |
name-day; one’s Saint’s day |
Immigrant |
immigrant |
Imperskii |
imperial |
Imushchestvo |
chattels |
Imya |
name |
Inostranets / Inostranka |
foreigner (m/f) |
Ispytanie |
trial; investigation; examination |
Istoriya |
history |
Iz |
from; out of |
Izba |
house; hut |
Izgnannik / Izgnannitsa |
exile (m/f) |
K |
Kak |
how |
Kalandr |
calendar |
Karta |
map |
Khleb |
bred; crops; grain |
Khromoy |
crippled |
Kladbishche |
cemetery; graveyard |
Kniga |
book |
Kogda |
when |
Korova |
cow |
Kto |
who |
Kyl’tura |
culture |
L |
Laskatel’noe Imya |
pet name |
Let |
years old |
Lineinyi |
lineal |
Loshad’ |
horse |
Lyudi |
people |
M |
Malen’kii |
small |
Materinskii |
maternal |
Mertvorozhdennyi |
stillborn |
Mestnyi |
local |
Mesto Rozhdeniya |
place of birth |
Mesto Smerti |
place of death |
Mesto Zhitel’stva |
residence |
Mir |
peasant council in Imperial Russia that held assemblies, voted on matters affecting the village and organized collective undertakings |
Mladshii |
youngest; younger; (name) the Younger |
Mogila |
grave; mound |
Muzei |
museum |
Muzhik |
little man; peasant; man of a lower class |
My |
we |
N |
Na |
on; upon; to |
Narod |
nation |
Naselenie |
population |
Naslednik |
heir |
Naslednitsa |
heiress |
Nasledovanie |
inheritance |
Natsional’nost’ |
nationality |
Nazvanie |
name; appellation |
Nemets / Nemka |
(archaic) foreigner (m/f) |
Nemoy |
mute |
Nenazvannyi |
unnamed; nameless |
Ne Sostoyashchii V Brake |
unmarried; single |
Nesovershennoletnii |
underage |
Novobrachnyi |
newly-wedded; newly-married |
Novoobrashcheniyi |
convert |
Novorozhdennyi |
newly-born; newborn |
Novoselets / Novoselka |
new settler (m/f) |
O |
O |
about; concerning |
Obrok |
poll tax or fixed payment paid by peasants in Imperial Russia |
Obshchestvo |
society; community; association |
Obshchina |
peasant commune or community |
Obyvatel’ / Obyvatitsa |
inhabitant (m/f) |
Odnofamilets / Odnofamilitsa |
person with same surname (m/f) |
Ona |
she |
Ona umerla |
(she) died |
On |
he |
Oni |
they |
On umer |
(he) died |
On zhe |
called; also known as |
Ostavlennyi |
left; left-hand |
Ostrog |
prison; jail |
Otchestvo |
patronymic (middle name) |
Otecheskii |
paternal |
Otechestvo |
homeland; native land |
Otsovskii |
paternal |
P |
Paskha |
Easter |
Pereselenets / Pereselenka |
emigrant |
Pereselenie |
emigration; removal to; transmigration |
Pis’mo |
letter; correspondence |
Plemya |
family; kin; relatives; tribe |
Po Angliskii |
in English |
Pochemu |
why |
Pod |
under; near; to |
Podat’ |
tax |
Podlis’ |
signature |
Pogost |
churchyard; cemetery |
Pokoynyi |
deceased |
Pomest’e |
real estate; landed property |
Poselenets / Poselenka |
settler; colonist; deportee (m/f) |
Poselyanin / Poselyanka |
villager; peasant (m/f) |
Potomstvo |
offspring; issue |
Po Russkii |
in Russian |
Pozhitki |
property; chattels; moveable property; belongings |
Pravo |
right; law; code of laws |
Pravyi |
right; right-hand |
Predostavlenie |
grant; bestowal; reservation |
Preklonnykh Let |
of great age |
Prestunnik / Prestunnitsa |
convict (m/f) |
Priblizitel’no |
circa; approximately |
Prichina Smerti |
cause of death |
Pridanoe |
dowry |
Proiskhozhdenie |
lineage |
Proizvodnoe Imya |
derivative (diminutive) name |
Pros’ba |
prayer |
Prozvanie |
nickname |
Prozvishche |
nickname |
Psevdonim |
alias |
Put’ |
way; road; passage |
R |
Rabota |
work; job |
Rasa |
race |
Remeslo |
handicraft; trade; profession |
Religiya |
religion |
Rod |
gender; clan |
Rodina |
homeland; Motherland |
Rodoslovnaya |
pedigree |
Rodstvo |
kinship |
Rossia |
Russia |
Rozhdestvo Khristovo |
Christmas |
S |
Segodnya |
today |
Semeistvo |
family |
Semeinoe Polozhenie |
marital status |
Sem’ya |
family |
Sever |
north |
Slaboumnyi |
weak-minded; imbecile; crazy |
Slepoy |
blind |
Smert’ |
death |
Sobranie |
assembly; meeting; gathering |
Sobstvennost’ |
property; ownership |
Soslovie |
class; estate; rank |
Sovet |
advice; counsel; agreement; assembly |
Ssylka |
exile; deportation; banishment |
Ssyl’nyi |
exile; outlaw; convict |
Starinnyi |
ancient; old |
Starobytnyi |
ancient; old; old-fashioned |
Starost’ |
old age |
Starozhilets / Starozhilka |
old inhabitant; long-term resident (m/f) |
Starshii |
oldest; older; (name) the Elder |
Staryi |
old; aged; elderly |
Stradanie |
suffering |
Sud |
trial court |
Svakha |
match-maker |
Svatostvo |
match-making; wooing |
Sverstnik / Sverstnitsa |
person of the same age or rank (m/f) |
Svidetel’ |
witness |
Svoistvo |
relationship by marriage |
T |
Tezka |
namesake |
Tovar |
goods; merchandise; wares |
Tovarishch |
comrade; companion; colleague |
Traditsiya |
tradition; custom |
Trup |
corpse |
Tsar |
sovereign; ruler of Imperial Russia |
Tsarevich |
son of the Tsar |
Tsarevna |
daughter of the Tsar |
Tsaritsa |
Tsar’s wife |
Tsarstvo |
Tsardom; realm |
Tserkov’ |
church |
U |
Udocherenie |
adoption (of a girl) |
Udostoverenie |
evidence; testimony |
Ulitsa |
street |
Umen’shitel’noe Imya |
diminutive name |
Urodlivyi |
deformed |
Usynovlenie |
adoption (of a boy) |
V |
V |
into; towards; on; at |
Vchera |
yesterday |
Veche |
town meeting or assembly |
Vechnaya Pamyat’ |
eternal memory |
Vera |
faith; creed; religion |
Vostok |
east |
Vozrast |
age |
Vremya |
time |
Y |
Yazyk |
language |
Yug |
south |
Z |
Zanyatie |
occupation |
Zapad |
west |
Zavtra |
tomorrow |
Zemlevladenie |
land ownership in Imperial Russia |
Zhenatyi |
married |
Zhilets / Zhilitsa |
(archaic) inhabitant (m/f) |
Zhizn’ |
life |