Word origins

• BelayaA river in Russia in Bashkortostan, a tributary of Kama river
• BelenkoA surname from Russian
• BelogorovkaA village in Dëgtevo urban settlement, Millerovsky Raion, Rostov Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia.
• BeloozeroFormer name of Belozersk.
• BelousA transliteration of the Russian surname Белоус (Belous).
• BelozerskA town in Vologda Oblast, Russia.
• BelukhaThe highest peak of the Altai Mountains in Russia and the highest of the system of the South Siberian Mountains.
• 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.
• BerdichevA city and raion of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.
• berestologyThe scientific study of birchbark manuscripts.
• berkovetsAn old Russian unit of weight, approximately 164 kilograms or 10 poods.
• berkutSynonym of golden eagle.
• beshmetA knee-length outer garment with a short stand-up collar, typical of Turkic, Mongolian and Caucasian peoples, similar to a short kaftan.
• BesicovitchA surname
• beskozyrkaA flat visorless sailor's cap.
• bespredelA fundamental breakdown in the established norms of a society, due to its citizens no longer having a collective understanding of the customs, values or institutions of that society; particularly in a Russian or post-Soviet context.
• beyonsenseSynonym of Zaum.
• BezpopovtsyA branch of Old Believers which is primarily known for its rejection of the ordained priesthood
• bidarkaA kayak constructed by covering a light wooden frame (lashed together with sinew) in sea lion hides.
• bierockrunza (type of snack)
• bifshtekA Russian ground meat dish, often made from beef, consisting of minced meat mixed with various ingredients such as onions, spices, and sometimes breadcrumbs or eggs, shaped into patties or cutlets and pan-fried or baked.
• biritchA card game, a precursor to bridge.
• BirobidzhanA city, the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia.
• bitkiSynonym of bitochki (“a kind of meatball from Slavic countries”).
• bitochkiA type of round-shaped, flattened cutlets or patties, prepared from chopped meat or grains.
• Black TulipSynonym of Antonov An-12 (“Soviet-era turboprop cargoplane”).
• blinchikA thin Russian pancake, served stuffed with a sweet or savory filling.
• blintsiA type of flat pancakes made from very thin batter.
• BloshinskyA surname from Russian.
• BobrovA surname from Russian.
• bochkaAn old Russian liquid measure, approximately 492 litres.
• bogatyrA medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.
• BogomolA surname
• BolkhovA town of district significance, the administrative centre of Bolkhovsky Raion, Oryol Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1196.
• BolonkaA colored variation of the all-white Bolognese, a recently developed dog breed from Russia.
• bol'shakThe head of a Russian peasant household; a family patriarch.
• BolshesoldatskyA raion of Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, established in 1928. Seat: Bolshoye Soldatskoye
• BolshevistA Bolshevik.
• Bolshoye SoldatskoyeA village, the administrative centre of Bolshesoldatsky selsoviet and Bolshesoldatsky Raion, Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia.
• bonisticsThe study and collecting of paper money and banknotes
• BorisoffA transliteration of the Bulgarian surname Борисов (Borisov).
• Borodino breadSynonym of Borodinsky bread.
• BorokName of several rural localities in Russia.
• BorovoiA surname from Russian.
• BorovskA town in Kaluga Oblast, Russia.
• BorovskyA transliteration of the Russian surname Боровский (Borovskij).
• botvinyaA type of Slavic kvass-based cold soup.
• boutylkaA Russian unit of measure equivalent to 1.353 pints, about the capacity of a wine bottle.
• boyarstvoSynonym of boyardom.
• bratvaA Russian organized crime syndicate/family.
• britchkaA type of horse-drawn carriage, with a foldable roof covering.
• bublikA traditional Eastern European bread roll, consisting of a ring of yeast-leavened wheat dough that has been boiled in water for a short time before baking.
• budyonovkaa distinctive type of hat and an essential part of the Red Army uniform during the Russian Civil War and later
• BukvitsaAn ancient Slavic alphabet (an adaptation of Glagolitic and Cyrillic).
• BulgarismBulgarian nationalism.
• BulgaristA proponent of Bulgarism.
• bulochkaA soft, sweet bread roll, often filled with sweet or savory ingredients, popular in Russian and Eastern European cuisine and often enjoyed as snacks or desserts.
• burlakFormerly in Russia, a man employed in dragging barges or ships upstream.
• BurundukiSiberian chipmunk fur.
• ButerinA surname from Russian.
• BuyanIn Russian folklore, a mysterious island with the ability to appear and disappear with the tide; the home of the Zoryas (solar goddesses) and three brothers representing the Northern, Western, and Eastern Winds.
• bylinaA traditional East Slavic oral epic narrative poem.
• BzybA river in Abkhazia, Georgia.
• cabackA tavern or drinking house
• cantonistA young boy in the Russian Empire who was taken to a special school to be trained for future compulsory military service.
• cargo-200Casualties for transportation in the Soviet and modern Russian military.
• ChabanA surname.
• chainikA teakettle.
• chak-chakA musical instrument filled with seeds or grain and used as a rattle in traditional Saint Lucian music.
• chapkaA type of hat worn by 19th-century Polish cavalry (and later some Napoleonic troops), consisting of a high, four-pointed cap with regimental insignia on the front, and now associated with Polish independence and nationalism.
• ChardzhouFormer name of Türkmenabat: a city in Turkmenistan.
• chastushkaA type of traditional Russian satirical or ironic folk poetry in quatrains.
• cheburekiDeep-fried turnovers filled with ground meat and onions, a national dish of the Crimean Tatars.
• Chechen RepublicThe official name of Chechnya, A republic of Russia, in English.
• ChegetA "nuclear briefcase" held by the Russian president and used to control Russia's nuclear forces.
• Chekhov's gunA dramatic principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed.
• ChekistAn agent of the Cheka.
• CheremissMari (Finno-Ugric people)
• CherkessA Circassian.
• CherkesskThe capital city of Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia.
• chernozemA fertile black soil containing a very high percentage of humus (3% to 15%) and high percentages of phosphoric acids, phosphorus and ammonia.
• chernukhaA gloomy genre of Russian horror.
• ChernyakhovskA town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.
• ChernyshevoA village in Velikoustyugsky district, Vologda Oblast, Russia.
• chetverikAn old Russian dry measure, approximately 26.24 litres; one fourth of an osmina.
• chifirA very strong black tea made by a special method popular in Russian prisons
• China's final warningA warning that carries no real consequences; an empty threat.
• chinovnikA minor functionary or mere bureaucrat in the Russian government.
• ChishminskyA district of Bashkortostan, Russia.
• chistkaA political purge in Russia.
• chokanyeA shift in some Slavic languages and dialects that causes /ts/ to merge into /tʃ/.
• choochkieThe least auklet, Aethia pusilla (formerly Simorhynchus pusillus).
• ChortitzaA village (or colony of several villages) founded by German- / Mennonite Low German-speaking Mennonites in 1789 in what is now Ukraine.
• chotkiSynonym of komboskini.
• chronotopeThe representation, in language, of a particular time and space.
• ChudskoyeA large freshwater lake on the border between Russia and Estonia, part of the larger Pskovsko-Chudskoye (Russian)/Peipus (Estonian) lake system.
• ChuguchakTacheng (a county-level city of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China).
• ChukotianChukotko-Kamchatkan language family
• ChusovitinaSynonym of Miller; (An uneven bars skill)
• ChyornyA surname from Russian; variant form Cherny.