Word origins

• IrtyshA major river in Siberia, Russia and Kazakhstan.
• ZhukA transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Жук (Žuk).
• abortoriumA hospital or hospital department that specializes in abortions.
• aleksiteA trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral steel gray mineral containing bismuth, lead, sulfur, and tellurium.
• alluaiviteA trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
• AlutorA language of Russia that belongs to the Chukchi-Koryak group of the Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages.
• anapaiteA triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
• AntonoffA transliteration of the Bulgarian surname Антонов (Antonov).
• ArylakhA rural locality in Kobyaysky district, Sakha, Russia.
• asbestA town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural, Russia.
• BaltiyskA town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.
• barometzA purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant, said to grow in the form of a sheep.
• BeetewkA type of Russian heavy draft horse, originally from Voronezh guberniya on the Bityug river.
• BelayaA river in Russia in Bashkortostan, a tributary of Kama river
• BelousA transliteration of the Russian surname Белоус (Belous).
• belyanaA type of large disposable ship that was used for timber-rafting along the rivers Volga and Kama from the end of the 16th century until the middle of the 20th century.
• bierockrunza (type of snack)
• BogomolA surname
• BorisoffA transliteration of the Bulgarian surname Борисов (Borisov).
• BorovoiA surname from Russian.
• britchkaA type of horse-drawn carriage, with a foldable roof covering.
• BulgaristA proponent of Bulgarism.
• cargo-200Casualties for transportation in the Soviet and modern Russian military.
• CherkessA Circassian.
• ChernyakhovskA town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.
• ChortitzaA village (or colony of several villages) founded by German- / Mennonite Low German-speaking Mennonites in 1789 in what is now Ukraine.
• chronotopeThe representation, in language, of a particular time and space.
• ChusovitinaSynonym of Miller; (An uneven bars skill)
• dessiatinaA Russian measure of land, roughly 1.1 hectares.
• do svidaniyaFarewell; goodbye; see you later.
• druzhinaA retinue in the service of a chieftain in mediaeval Slavic Europe.
• DzhokharA male given name from Russian [in turn from Chechen].
• EvenkiA Tungusic language spoken in Russia, Mongolia and China.
• FabergéA surname.
• fantastikaspeculative fiction
• GamburtsevsA mountain range in Dome A, Antarctic Plateau, East Antarctica, Antarctica, the magnitude of the Alps, completely buried under kilometres of glacier, under the Antarctic ice cap.
• GogolianOf or relating to the Russian-Empire writer Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852) or his works.
• gorodkiAn ancient Russian folk sport of trying to knock arrangements of skittles out of a square by throwing a bat at them.
• holluschickieA bachelor seal; a young male seal which is prevented from mating by its herd's older males, mated bulls defending their territory.
• hydromanipulatorA hydraulic arm used for lifting heavy loads, typically found on trucks and other large heavy-duty vehicles.
• indricothereAny member of the extinct genus †Indricotherium of mammals, from the Oligocene and Miocene epochs
• kashimA traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house of the Yup'ik, Inuit, and Deg Hit'an Athabaskans, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted.
• KolodeiA surname.
• KolodejA surname.
• KolodeyA surname.
• KouznetsoffA transliteration of the Russian surname Кузнецов (Kuznecov).
• KouznetsovA transliteration of the Russian surname Кузнецов (Kuznecov).
• krotovinaA filled-in animal burrow.
• KubanskayaRussian flavoured vodka with a touch of honey
• kudriaviteA monoclinic-prismatic dark reddish gray mineral containing bismuth, cadmium, indium, iron, lead, manganese, selenium, and sulfur.
• KuldjaSynonym of Yining.
• Kursk OblastAn oblast of Russia.
• KuznetsoffA transliteration of the Russian surname Кузнецов (Kuznecov).
• laptiA pair of the old traditional East Slavic (especially Russian) bast shoes, an obsolete traditional footwear of forest areas of Northern Europe, formerly worn by poorer members of the Finnic peoples, Balts, and East Slavs.
• LebedeffA transliteration of the Russian surname Лебедев (Lebedev).
• LevandovskyA transliteration of the Russian surname Левандовский (Levandovskij).
• lezginkaA fast-paced dance of many peoples in the Caucasus Mountains.
• LiakhA surname.
• MalkoffA transliteration of the Russian surname Малков (Malkov).
• manna croupThe portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc.
• mazutA grade of heavy fuel oil used in industry and also sometimes used in lieu of home heating oil.
• MedvedeffA transliteration of the Russian surname Медведев (Medvedev).
• MegrelMingrelian, Megrelian
• michmanA rank in the navy of Russia or the post-Soviet republics; analogous to a US warrant officer or master chief petty officer.
• MnuchinA Jewish surname from Russian.
• MorozoffA transliteration of the Russian surname Морозов (Morozov)
• naledA particular organophosphate insecticide.
• nalivkaA Slavic sweet fruit or berry liqueur
• nastoykaA Slavic liqueur containing an infusion of herbs and/or fruits in brandy or similar spirit
• NaumoffA transliteration of the Russian surname Наумов (Naumov).
• NegidalA member of a people inhabiting the Khabarovsk Krai in Russia, along the Amgun and Amur rivers.
• NenetsiaAn autonomous okrug of Russia, located in Arkhangelsk oblast, with capital Naryan-Mar.
• nepmanSomeone engaged in private enterprise under Lenin's New Economic Policy in the Soviet Union.
• NinoshkaA female given name from Russian.
• Nizhny TagilA city in Sverdlovsk oblast, Russia.
• norditeA rare, light brown, orthorhombic zinc silicate mineral discovered in the Kola peninsula, Russia.
• NovodvorskyA surname from Russian.
• NovoolkhovkaA village in the Olkhovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia.
• obrazovanshchinaa class of people with superficial education but without the higher ethics of an educated person
• obrokA rent.
• OsseteOssetian
• PechengaA town in Russia.
• pectopahA Russian (or Serbian, Mongolian, etc.) restaurant.
• PlotnikA surname.
• Pogosta diseaseA viral disease caused by Sindbis virus, encountered mainly in eastern Finland.
• poustiniaIn Christian spirituality, a small sparsely furnished cabin or room where a person goes to fast and pray, but which is less austere than a hermitage.
• poustinikA person dwelling in a poustinia.
• praporshchikA junior officer in Imperial Russia.
• PraskovyaA female given name from Russian.
• preferansA card game, related to bridge, Boston, and whist.
• PrigozhinA surname from Russian
• Produnovaa vault on the vaulting horse or vaulting table that starts with a front handspring off the gymnastics horse leading to two-and-a-half somersaults in the air, and then landing on their feet. (a three-point landing with the butt and feet is considered a fall)
• prostokvashaA thick soured milk product, similar to unsweetened yogurt but less sour, or kefir but thicker. In Russia or other former USSR republics, commercial and home-made prostokvasha comes in different varieties: "varenets" (варене́ц), "ryazhenka" (ря́женка), katyk/qatıq (каты́к), etc.
• Pskovsko-ChudskoyeSynonym of Peipus.
• PugachA surname from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, meaning “owl”, variant of Pugacz, equivalent to Ukrainian Пугач (Puhač) or Hebrew פוגץ or פוגטש.
• pyatinaA top-level administrative subdivision in Novgorod Land.
• quisutschThe coho salmon.
• RadomskyA surname.
• rocket-propelled grenadeA modern hand-held weapons system, comprising a launcher that fires a small explosive rocket.
• RodchenkovA surname from Russian.