Word origins

• KievanOf or associated with the city of Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine).
• dachaA Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.
• LiskovA habitational surname from Russian
• ChernyA surname from Russian [in turn from the Slavic languages], variant of Chyorny.
• BryanskAn oblast of Russia.
• TranscaucasiaA mountainous region of West Asia and Eastern Europe, lying between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, comprising the republics of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
• BukharinA surname from Russian; especially when referring to Russian/Soviet communist leader Nikolai Bukharin
• LitvinovA surname from Russian
• ulusAn administrative division of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, similar to райо́н (rajón, “district”) in Russia proper.
• slobodaA kind of settlement, village, or suburb in the history of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
• kopekA Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble.
• krokodilThe drug desomorphine.
• quartalOf base four; using only four unique digits.
• NakhodkaA port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia.
• KorsakoffA surname from Russian.
• nyetA no; a negative response (in a Russian context).
• streletsA unit of Russian guardsmen from the 16th to the early 18th centuries, armed with a firearm.
• PerunThe highest god in the pantheon of Slavic mythology, the god of thunder and lightning.
• YankelovichA surname from Russian.
• OstrovA surname
• SibirSynonym of Siberia.
• BakhchisarayA city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia; the former capital of the Crimean Khanate.
• BeriaA surname from Mingrelian; especially when referring to Lavrentiy Beria, NKVD chief under Stalin's administration and one of the main architect of the Great Purge.
• KrasnowA surname from Russian.
• nashiA fruit, the Nashi pear, Pyrus pyrifolia.
• NemanA river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Belarus, Lithuania and Russia to the Baltic Sea.
• artelA Russian or Soviet craftsmen's collective.
• rusalkaA female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater.
• ShulginA surname from Russian.
• ChuvashFrom, or pertaining to, Chuvashia.
• AndropovA surname
• KirillovA male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Kirillova.
• GolubevA transliteration of the Russian surname Голу́бев (Golúbev).
• RomanovaA female surname from Russian, masculine equivalent Romanov.
• TaganrogA port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia.
• LitvinLitvin
• VyborgA city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. In earlier times was part of Finland and Sweden, pop. 79,224 (as of 2002).
• bulatA steel alloy known in Russia from medieval times.
• OKBA special design bureau of the Soviet Union, that performed experimental research and development.
• TambovAn oblast of Russia.
• MednickA surname from Russian.
• VladikavkazThe capital city of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia.
• NinotchkaA female given name from Russian.
• VavilovA male surname
• BorodinoSeveral villages and localities in Russia.
• OMONSpecial Purpose Mobile Unit, the riot police in Russia and Belarus.
• LipetskAn oblast of Russia.
• KondaA South Bird's Head language, the westernmost mainland Trans-New Guinea language.
• StolichnayaA brand of vodka made of wheat and rye grain.
• VladimirovA transliteration of the Russian surname Владимиров (Vladimirov).
• KazarianA surname from Armenian.
• GordinA surname from Russian.
• boyarA member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.
• raionAn administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states.
• IllarionovA surname from Russian
• AndreevaA female surname from Russian, masculine equivalent Andreev.
• VDVthe Russian Airborne Forces.
• MakhachkalaThe capital and largest city of Daghestan, Russia.
• YakutOne of a Siberian people who speak a Turkic language, and live in the Lena river basin.
• KalmykiaA republic and federal subject in southwestern Russia. Capital: Elista.
• raskolA criminal in Papua New Guinea, sometimes operating as part of a gang.
• atamanA title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves. The title is also applied for most guerrilla commanders during the Civil War in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
• SurgutA city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
• AlutiiqA Yupik people of Alaska.
• GorskyA surname.
• AelitaA female given name from Russian.
• AnosovA surname from Russian.
• funtAn old Russian unit of weight, approximately 410 grams.
• barinSynonym of boyar.
• PlekhanovA transliteration of the Russian surname Плеханов (Plexanov).
• NikolayevA transliteration of the Russian surname Никола́ев (Nikolájev)
• DaniilA transliteration of the Russian male given name Дании́л (Daniíl).
• OvchinnikovA transliteration of the Russian surname Овчинников (Ovčinnikov).
• nerkaA sockeye salmon.
• vedroA Russian liquid measure, equal to approximately 2.7 imperial gallons.
• DavidovA surname.
• KyzylThe capital city of Tuva, Russia.
• PechoraA river in the Komi Republic and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
• SyktyvkarThe capital city of the Komi Republic, Russia.
• IstominA surname from Russian.
• SukhumiThe capital city of Abkhazia, a self-proclaimed republic internationally recognized as being an autonomous region of the country of Georgia.
• KoussevitzkyA surname from Russian.
• kombinatA combine; an industrial business conglomerate, particularly in the former Soviet Union.
• bliniA small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon.
• PavlodarA city on the Irtysh River in the northeast of Kazakhstan.
• TiflisFormer name of Tbilisi: the capital city of the country of Georgia.
• charoiteA rare mineral, ranging in color from a light lilac to a deep purple, found in Yakutia, Russia.
• ZinaidaA transliteration of the Russian female given name Зинаи́да (Zinaída).
• DragunovA masculine surname from Russian
• osetraCaviar made from the Russian sturgeon.
• SokolskyA surname from Russian.
• InessaA transliteration of the Russian female given name Инесса (Inessa)
• PselA river in Russia and Ukraine, a left tributary of the Dnipro.
• dvornikA doorman, porter, janitor, or groundskeeper in a Russian household
• ZhdanovA surname from Russian
• nomenklaturaA list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union and other communist countries, filled by those appointed by the Party.
• FrunzeBishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan.
• UdmurtA member of the people inhabiting Udmurtia or speaking Udmurt.
• YeniseiA river in Russia, the longest river of Siberia. It flows from south to north into the Arctic Ocean, splitting Siberia in two parts: the Eastern Siberia and the Western Siberia.
• IsakovA surname from Russian.