English words from Russian
- 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.
- PugachyovA raion of Saratov Oblast, Volga Federal District, Russia, established in 1928.
- purgaA fine blizzard of snow in Russia.
- PushilinA transliteration of a Russian surname.
- PustilnikA surname from Russian.
- PutinaA feminine-form surname from Russian.; feminine of Putin
- pyatinaA top-level administrative subdivision in Novgorod Land.
- pyshkaA Russian variety of doughnut, either ring-shaped or without a hole.
- quisutschThe coho salmon.
- rabfakA type of educational institution in the Soviet Union that prepared Soviet workers to enter institutions of higher education.
- RadomskyA surname.
- RadonitsaIn the Russian Orthodox Church, a commemoration of the departed observed on the second Tuesday or second Monday of Pascha (Easter).
- rassolnikA soup in Russian cuisine made from pickled cucumbers.
- razbazarivanieThe sale or destruction of resources such as livestock by the kulaks in order to prevent them being appropriated under Soviet collectivization.
- Red ArmyName of the Soviet army in the period 1918–1946.
- Red SquareA large historical square in central Moscow.
- refusenikOne of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate (typically but not exclusively a Jewish citizen denied permission to immigrate to Israel).
- RepyakhovkaA village, the administrative centre of the rural settlement of the same name in Krasnaya Yaruga Raion, Belgorod Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia.
- ReutovA surname from Russian.
- rezidentThe head spy in a rezidentura.
- rezidenturaA base of Soviet/Russian espionage operations within a foreign country.
- rocket-propelled grenadeA modern hand-held weapons system, comprising a launcher that fires a small explosive rocket.
- RodchenkovA surname from Russian.
- RodiniaThe world supercontinent that formed at the end of the Mesoproterozoic era, then broke into eight continents during the Neoproterozoic.
- RodnoverPertaining to Rodnovery (Slavic Neopaganism).
- RodnoverySlavic neopaganism.
- roentgenizdatImprovised gramophone recordings made from X-ray film, used to smuggle prohibited music into the Soviet Union.
- RokossovskyA surname from Russian.
- RoscosmosA Russian state corporation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.
- RosgvardiaNational Guard of Russia (the internal military force of the Russian government)
- RoskomnadzorThe Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media: a Russian federal executive body responsible for censorship in media and telecommunications.
- RossotrudnichestvoRussia's Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation.
- Rostov-on-DonA large city, the administrative center of Rostov Oblast, in southern Russia.
- rubashkaSynonym of kosovorotka.
- RunetThe Russian-language community on the Internet.
- rural-type settlementa semi-official designation for a settlement with a rural character, where settlement would not be enough to distinguish it from urban-type settlement
- Russian FederationSynonym of Russia: a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia.
- Russian Tsvetnaya BolonkaSynonym of Bolonka.
- Russian White HouseThe primary government building of the Russian Federation, located in Moscow, also housing the Office of the Prime Minister of Russia.
- Russian worldThe community of Russia as its own world; the Russosphere.
- RybolovlevA transliteration of the Russian surname Рыболовлев (Rybolovlev).
- RzhevA town in Tver Oblast, Russia, situated on the Volga river.
- SablinA surname from Russian
- saffianA leather made from goatskins or sheepskins which is tanned with sumac and then brightly dyed.
- Saint PetersburgA federal city and federal subject of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713 to 1728 and 1732 to 1918.
- SalekhardA town, the administrative center of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Yamalia), Russia, located on the Arctic Circle and the Ob Region.
- samizdatchikA person who participates in the practice of samizdat.
- samogonIn Russia, home-distilled illegal spirit, similar to vodka; moonshine.
- SandarmokhA forest in Medvezhyegorsk, Karelia, Russia.
- sarafanA traditional long, trapeze-shaped Russian pinafore worn by women and girls.
- sardelkiA large, thick, boiled sausage.
- sarlykA yak.
- saxaulEither of two species of the amaranth genus Haloxylon: Haloxylon ammodendron (syn. Haloxylon aphyllum; black saxaul) and Haloxylon persicum (white saxaul), found in sandy habitats from Egypt to Mongolia and China.
- sazanA fish (Cyprinus carpio) in the Cyprinidae family. It is native to Sea of Azov, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Balkhash lake, Amour river.
- sazhenA unit of length formerly used in Russia, equal to seven feet (just over two meters).
- sbitenA hot winter honey-based Russian traditional drink/decoction with spices and jam.
- scumbriamackerel
- Sea of AzovA very shallow sea bounded by Russia, Ukraine, and the Crimean peninsula, linked to the Black Sea by the Strait of Kerch.
- seecatchA full-grown male northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus).
- selsovietA rural council, a level of administration in the Soviet Union and (some federal subjects of) modern Russia.
- SemirechyeAn oblast (province) of the Russian Empire corresponding to most of present-day southeastern Kazakhstan and northeastern Kyrgyzstan.
- SerebrennikovA transliteration of the Russian surname Сере́бренников (Serébrennikov).
- Sergiyev PosadA pilgrimage town of 110,000 people in Moscow oblast
- serozema grey soil containing a low percentage of humus (around 1% to 3%)
- Severnaya ZemlyaAn archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in the north of Russia, Krasnoyarsk krai, off Taymyr Peninsula.
- SevernyA district of Vorkuta, Russia.
- SeverodonetskSynonym of Sievierodonetsk.
- Seversky DonetsSynonym of Donets River.
- SevertokA transliteration of the Russian surname Северток (Severtok).
- sevrugastellate sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus).
- SeymA river which flows for 748 kilometres (465 mi) through the Belgorod and Kursk Oblasts of Russia and Sumy and Chernihiv Oblasts of Ukraine.
- shahidkaA female shaheed.
- ShainyanA surname from Russian.
- ShakhtyA city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the southeastern spur of the Donetsk mountain ridge.
- shapkaA brimless Russian fur cap.
- ShapovalovA surname from Russian.
- ShapovalovaA surname from Russian.
- sharashkaA secret research and development laboratory in the Soviet gulag.
- shashkaA kind of guardless, lightly-curved sabre used in Russia.
- shashlikA form of shish kebab, originally made of marinated lamb meat.
- shchaThe letter Щ, щ.
- shchiA type of soup from Russia made from cabbage.
- ShchuchyA mountain range in the Anadyr Highlands, administratively part of Anadyrsky Raion, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.
- sheftsvoIn the Soviet Union, a form of patronage where more skilled or advanced workers (such as military troops or a factory) provided assistance and mentoring to the less skilled (such as farmers and construction labourers).
- sheltopusikPseudopus apodus, a large glass lizard found from southern Europe to Central Asia.
- ShigotizhA transliteration of the Russian female given name Шиготи́ж (Šigotíž).
- ShikotanAn island in the Kurils, occupied by Russia but claimed by Japan.
- ShkadovA surname from Russian
- shkalikAn old Russian liquid measure, equal to 61.5 millilitres.
- shkatulkaliteA monoclinic mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
- ShlisselburgA town in Kirovsky district, Leningrad Oblast, Russia.
- shock workerSynonym of udarnik.
- ShoiguA surname from Tuvan
- short iThe vowel sound /ɪ/, as in the words pit and stick. (The presence of a short vowel is sometimes signaled in spelling by the doubling of a consonant after it, such as in sitting as contrasted with siting.)
- ShoshaA surname from Russian.
- shtofAn old Russian liquid measure, equal to 1.23 litres.
- shtrafbatA Soviet penal battalion that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II.
- shtukaA specific generalization of a Drinfel'd module.
- SibiridA member of the Mongoloid race according to Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, found among indigenous Siberians in North Asia.