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In Russian genealogical sources, numbers and dates are occasionally spelt out. The following index contains transliterated spellings of cardinal (1, 2, 3) and ordinal (1st, 2nd, 3rd) numbers in Russian. If the term you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Russian-English dictionary. Compiled by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff.

Russian Numbers

Cardinal		Ordinal
1	Odin	1st	Pervyi
2	Dva	2nd	Vtoroy
3	Tri	3rd	Tret’
4	Chetyre	4th	Chetvertyi
5	Pyat’	5th	Pyatyi
6	Shest’	6th	Shestoy
7	Sem’	7th	Sed’moy
8	Vosem’	8th	Vos’moy
9	Devyat’	9th	Devyatyi
10	Desyat’	10th	Desyatyi
11	Odinnadtsat’	11th	Odinnadtsatyi
12	Dvenadtsat’	12th	Dvenadtsatyi
13	Trinadtsat’	13th	Trinadtsatyi
14	Chetyrnadtsat’	14th	Chetyrnadtsatyi
15	Pyatnadtsat’	15th	Pyatnadtsatyi
16	Shestnadtsat’	16th	Shestnadtsatyi
17	Semnadtsat’	17th	Semnadtsatyi
18	Vosemnadtsat’	18th	Vosemnadtsatyi
19	Devyatnadtsat’	19th	Devyatnadtsatyi
20	Dvadtsat’	20th	Dvadtsatyi
21	Dvadtsat’ Odin	21st	Dvadtsat’ Pervyi
22	Dvadtsat’ Dva	22nd	Dvadtsat’ Vtoroy
23	Dvadtsat’ Tri	23rd	Dvadtsat’ Tretiy
24	Dvadtsat’ Chetyre	24th	Dvadtsat’ Chetvertyi
25	Dvadtsat’ Pyat’	25th	Dvadtsat’ Pyatyi
26	Dvadtsat’ Shest’	26th	Dvadtsat’ Shestoy
27	Dvadtsat’ Sem’	27th	Dvadtsat’ Sed’moy
28	Dvadtsat’ Vosem’	28th	Dvadtsat’ Vos’moy
29	Dvadtsat’ Devyat’	29th	Dvadtsat’ Devyatyi
30	Tridtsat’	30th	Tridtsatyi
40	Sorok	40th	Sorokovoy
50	Pyat’desyat	50th	V-Pyatidesyatykh
60	Shest’desyat	60th	Shestidesyatyi
70	Sem’desyat	70th	Semidesyatyi
80	Vosem’desyat	80th	Vos’midesyatyi
90	Devyanosto	90th	Devyanostyi
100	Sto	100th	Sotyi
200	Dvesti	200th	Dvukhsotyi
300	Trista	300th	Trekhsotyi
400	Chetyresta	400th	Chetyrekhsotyi
500	Pyat’sot	500th	Pyatisotyi
600	Shest’sot	600th	Shestisotyi
700	Sem’sot	700th	Semisotyi
800	Vosem’sot	800th	Vosemisotyi
900	Devyat’sot	900th	Devyatisotyi
1000	Odna Tysyacha	1000th	Tysyachnyi

Notes

Note that dates are typically written in ordinal form. Following Russian grammatical rules, dates written in ordinal form typically end with the suffix –ogo, for example:

Pyatyi	the fifth
Pyatogo	on the fifth (of the month)

Other Russian Terms

Bibliography

Dal, V.I. Tolkovyi Slovar Zhivogo Velikorusskago Iazyka. (Moscow, 1999).
Kroutikhin, Mikhail I. Correspondence to the author re: Russian genealogical terms. September, 2006.
Mueller, V.K. English-Russian Dictionary. 24th Ed. (Moscow, 1995).
Pushkarev, Sergei G. Dictionary of Russian Historical Terms from the Eleventh Century to 1917 (Yale, 1970).