Word origins

• TsiolkovskyA transliteration of the Russian surname Циолковский (Ciolkovskij).
• tsokanyeA shift in some Slavic languages and dialects that causes /tʃ/ to merge into /ts/.
• tubeteikaA cap worn in Central Asia, typically by Turkic peoples.
• tukulanA kind of sand dune, a relief form shaped by aeolian processes of the Central Yakutian Lowland, Yakutia, Russian Federation.
• TungusA member of any Tungusic people.
• Turiy RogA village in Khankaysky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia, on the northwestern shore of Lake Khanka near the border with Mishan, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China.
• tusovkaA group of Russian youths who met in public as part of a hippie-like subculture of the 1980s and 1990s.
• tutovkaA distilled alcoholic liquor made from fermented mulberries, traditional in the South Caucasus, especially among the Armenians of Karabakh.
• tvorogA soft curd cheese, traditionally made in regions of Central, Eastern and (less often) Northern Europe.
• TyndaA town in Amur Oblast, Russia.
• UbykhiaThe former political unit of the Ubykh people, or the region they governed, centered on modern Sochi, Russia.
• uchastokAn administrative division of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR.
• udarnikA shock worker; a super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc.
• UeleA river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• ukaseAn authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or later ruler.
• ukhaA clear Russian fish soup.
• Ulan-UdeThe capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia.
• UlchA people of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.
• UlyanovA transliteration of the Russian surname Улья́нов (Ulʹjánov).
• UmbaA river on the Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
• UrayA town in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
• urbechA thick, sticky paste made from ground raw or dried seeds (such as flax, hemp, sunflower, pumpkin), apricot kernels or nuts, traditionally used in Dagestani cuisine.
• ureiliteAn achondrite composed mostly of olivine and clinobronzite with some diamond or graphite.
• UrozhaynoyeA village in Urozhayny rural settlement, Sovetsky Raion, Altai Krai, Siberian Federal District, Russia.
• ushankaA traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps.
• ushkuinikA medieval Novgorodian pirate who led a life similar to that of a Viking.
• Ust-AbakanskoyeFormer name of Abakan (1823–1931).
• Ust-LugaOne of Russia's major ports, near Saint Petersburg.
• uyezdAn administrative subdivision of Muscovy, the Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR, in use from the 13th century.
• VasilevskyA surname from Russian.
• vatrushkaA sort of small, round pastry filled with cottage cheese, popular in Eastern Europe.
• VayntrubA surname.
• vekselA promissory note or bill of exchange, particularly in Russia and Ukraine: a security which entitles its owner to claim certain property of its issuer (the debtor).
• Veliky NovgorodA city, the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
• VenediktA transliteration of the Russian male given name Венеди́кт (Venedíkt).
• VeniaminA transliteration of the Russian male given name Вениами́н (Veniamín).
• VerbitskyA transliteration of the Russian surname Вербицкий (Verbickij).
• VerkhoyanskA town in Sakha, Russia, known for being one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth.
• vershokAn old Russian unit of length, approximately 4.4 centimetres.
• verstA Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about ²⁄₃ of a mile.
• VetrenoA village in Olgovsky selsoviet, Korenevsky Raion, Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia.
• VichugaA town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia.
• viddyA video or video recording.
• vinegretA type of Russian salad with diced cooked vegetables (red beets, potatoes, carrots), chopped onions, as well as sauerkraut or brined pickles or both, and sometimes other ingredients such as green peas or beans.
• VishnevkaA hamlet in Komarovsky selsoviet, Korenevsky Raion, Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia.
• VitkinA surname from Russian.
• vodyanoyA type of water sprite from Slavic mythology.
• voenkomatA military commissariat in Russia and other post-Soviet countries.
• VolchokA surname from Belarusian.
• voliafreedom; lack of restraint or constriction.
• volkhvA pre-Christian priest from Slavic cultures.
• volostA traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.
• VorobeyA transliteration of the Russian surname Воробе́й (Vorobéj).
• VoronaA transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Воро́на (Voróna).
• VorsklaA river that runs from Belgorod Oblast in Russia southwards into northeastern Ukraine, where it joins the Dnieper.
• voskresnikA Sunday designated for community volunteer work, such as cleaning the streets, after the October Revolution in Russia.
• VotkinskAn industrial town in Udmurtia, Russia.
• VovinA surname. In particular, was a Soviet-born Russian-American linguist and philologist Alexander Vovin, 27 January 1961 – 8 April 2022.
• vozhdA Soviet leader.
• vranyoWhite lies or half-lies ascribed to Russian culture, told without the intention of (maliciously) deceiving, but as a fantasy, or suppressing unpleasant parts of the truth
• VyatkaFormer name of Kirov (“Russian city”).
• vyazA traditional lettering style for Cyrillic and Slavosphere Latin, slender, ornate and interweaving.
• VychegdaA river in the European part of Russia, a tributary of the Northern Dvina.
• vzvarA cold Russian beverage made from boiled fruits (typically fresh or dried).
• WitkoffA surname from Russian
• WolkowA surname.
• YagodaA surname from Russian
• YamnayaThe people of the Yamnaya culture.
• yarangaA rounded or conical tent of reindeer hide, the traditional mobile home of some nomadic indigenous peoples of Russia.
• yasakAn in-kind tribute in Imperial Russia exacted from the indigenous peoples of Siberia, usually in fur.
• YatskoA surname from Russian.
• YazovA surname from Russian
• yedomaA type of permafrost in the Pleistocene-age with an ice content of 50–90% by volume.
• YefremA transliteration of the Russian male given name Ефре́м (Jefrém).
• YegoryevskA town and the administrative center of Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia.
• YeletsA city in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, on the Bystraya Sosna River.
• YelizavetaA transliteration of the Russian female given name Елизаве́та (Jelizavéta), equivalent to Elizabeth.
• YevpatoriaA resort city and raion in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia. It is located on the Black Sea coast.
• YeyskA town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia
• YezhovA surname from Russian; especially when referring to Nikolai Yezhov, NKVD chief under Stalin's administration and one of the main architects of the Great Purge.
• YezhovshchinaA period of intense political repression and mass purges in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s, particularly from 1937 to 1938.
• YnglismAn esoteric Rodnover (Slavic Neopagan) sect from Russia.
• yoficatorA computer program or person tasked with restoring the Cyrillic letter yo ⟨Ё⟩ in Russian texts where it is replaced by the letter ye ⟨Е⟩.
• yorshA Russian mixed drink of beer mixed with vodka.
• YovanovichA surname.
• Yukaghira person with Yukaghir nationality
• yukolaDried fish meat prepared by the peoples of Siberia and the Russian Far East
• Zabaykalsky KraiA krai and federal subject in southeastern Russia.
• zagotzernoA facility for storing and processing grain in certain rural locations in Soviet Russia.
• ZakarpatyeCarpathian Ruthenia, a historic region in the Carpathian Mountains in the west of Ukraine, eastern Slovakia, southeastern Poland, and northwestern Romania.
• ZakharyA transliteration of the Russian male given name Заха́рий (Zaxárij).
• zakuskaAn assortment of hors d’oeuvres.
• zapadnichestvoAn 19th-century intellectual ideology which saw Russia's development as dependent upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government.
• ZapasA Russian army organization.
• ZatsepinA surname from Russian
• ZaumLinguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation, associated with futurist poets of the Russian Empire.
• zelyonkaBrilliant green, especially when thrown on the body of a victim in Russian politically-motivated attacks.
• zemlyankaDugout, earth-house (shelter or dwelling, especially in some Slavic countries).
• zerenThe Mongolian gazelle, Procapra gutturosa.
• zhaleikaA Russian (or broader Slavic) wind instrument with one or two pipes.