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725 Common Russian Words

A big set of the most common Russian words. Mostly taken from the West High Russian sets.

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but; whereas
now (as opposed to earlier)
automatic device
author
address
america
army
woman
grandmother
bank
misfortune
without
white
coast
ticket
god
soldier
fight
side
more
illness
pain
hospital
majority
big
struggle
to be afraid (imperfective)
brother
as if
future
paper
bottle
to happen; to occur (imperfective)
quickly
to be
in; at
carriage; railroad car
yours
suddenly
in fact
century
belief
to return (perfective)
spring
entire
wind
evening
thing
glance; sight
to take (perfective)
type; kind; appearance
to see
wine
authority
together
attention
in; at (with consonant clusters)
water
vodka
air
opportunity
age
war
army
wave
hair
will
in general
question
gate
Eight
Sunday
here
impression
enemy
doctor
time
always
meeting
Tuesday
second
you
to leave (perfective)
expression
height
exit; output
weekend
newspaper
where
general
germany
hero
chief; chapter
main
eye
eyes
depth
to speak (imperfective)
year
head
voice
mountain
city
mister
lord
visitor
state
citizen
border
chest
group
lip
yes
to give (imperfective)
long ago
even
far; distant
distance
lady
to give (perfective)
two
door
movement
yard; outdoors
palace
girl
girl
Nine
grandfather
action
to do; to make (imperfective)
business
day
money
village
tree
ten
ten
childhood
activity
director
for
bottom
up to
rain
doctor
document
due; proper
dollar
house; building
road
daughter
friend
another
to think (imperfective)
fool
spirit
soul
smoke
uncle
jewish
europe
food
if
is; to eat (imperfective)
still; more
to wait (imperfective)
desire
wife
woman
stomach
life
inhabitant
to live (imperfective)
periodical
for (also: behind)
disease
factory
problem
law
hall
to notice
lock; castle
west
smell
what for
star
sound
building
here
ground; earth
mirror
winter
sign
knowledge
to know (imperfective)
aristocracy, nobility
value; meaning
to mean (imperfective)
sight
tooth
and
game
idea
to go
from (out of)
known
or
specifically; exactly
to have (imperfective)
name
engineer
institute
interest
information
art
history
to
cabinet
every
to seem (imperfective)
how
what; which
stone
camera
captain
pocket
card
picture
quality
apartment
kilometer
class
club
key
book
when
leather; skin
knees
knee
quantity
command
commander
room
company
end
certainly
horse
ship
corridor
king
suit
which; who
edge; outskirt
armchair
cry
bed
blood
circle
roof
who
where to
fist; claw; kulak
culture
course
piece
bush
kitchen
camp
palm
to lay (imperfective)
lieutenant
wood
ladder
summer
treatment
whether
line
leaf; sheet
literature
face
only
forehead
boat
horse
to love (imperfective)
love
any
shop
major
small
boy
mum
mass
master
material
mother
machine; car
between
measure
place
month
meter
sword
bag
moment
police
minister
minute
world; peace
opinion
much; lots of
it is possible
brain
mine
young; bride
moment
sea
Moscow
can (imperfective)
husband
peasant; boor
man
music
we
idea
on; at
above
hope
it is necessary (to do something)
back
name
to find (perfective)
at last
direction
people
population
science
beginning
chief
to begin (perfective)
ours
not
sky
week
some; certain
german
a few; somewhat
no
not; nor
any; none
never
no one; nobody
anything
but
new
leg
legs/feet
knife
Zero
number
nose
night
well
necessary
about
about (with a vowel)
dinner
area
image
circumstance
society
general
fire
clothing
one
however
to appear (perfective)
window
he
she
they
operation
experience
again
organ; agency; body
organization
weapon
to remain (perfective)
island
(away) from
answer
to answer (perfective)
division
father
attitude
detachment; squadron
officer
very much
turn; queue
point
error
sensation
finger
memory
daddy
pair
guy
party(political); group
first
before
period
petersburg
writer
to write (imperfective)
letter
plan
shoulder
area
on; along
victory
occasion
under
to think (perfective)
train
to go (perfective)
while
floor
field
colonel
full
half
position
to receive (perfective)
to remember (perfective)
help
Monday
to understand (imperfective)
to understand (perfective)
attempt
season; time
order
after
last
tlwp
then
because
why
almost
poet
truth
rule
government
right
object
enterprise
chairman
representative
president
at; with
to come; to arrive (perfective)
order
example
principle
nature
reason
about
problem
program
production
simply
space
enemy
professor
percentage
process
past; last
bird
way
dust
Friday
Five
work
to work (imperfective)
joy; pleasure
time; once
development
conversation
size
area
story
child
children
revolution
result
river
speech
decision
to solve (perfective)
family; kin; kind
parent
role
novel
Russia
growth
mouth
company(military); squadron
ruble
hand
arms/hands
leader
Russian
fish
market
row; line
with (also: from)
garden
oneself
aircraft
most
boot
light
freedom
its; own
its; one's own
communication
to do; to make (perfective)
itself
today
right now
secretary
second
Seven
family
heart
sister
to sit (imperfective)
force; strength
system
situation
to tell (perfective)
how many
glory
trace
tear
as if
word
service
rumor
situation; event
to hear (imperfective)
death
tlwi
sense
snow
again; anew
with (with consonant clusters)
dog
event
advice
Soviet
absolutely; entirely
consciousness
soldier
sun
dream
neighbor
composition; structure
condition
hundred
colleague
union
thanks
the back
method
to ask (perfective)
at once
Wednesday
means
period
ussr
glass container
station
old man
old woman
old
to become (perfective)
article; clause
glass
wall
degree
verses
table
capital city
side
to stand
country
page
fear
student
chair
feet (older term)
Saturday
court
destiny
24 hours
creature; essence
scene
happiness
account
to consider; to count (perfective)
usa
son
so; thus
after all
such
there
tank
yours; thy
theater
phone
body
theme
darkness
shadow
territory
aunt
current; flow
type
silence
comrade
at that time
too; also
crowd
only
that; one
point
grass
Three
pipe
tube
labor; work
here
you; thou
prison
at; of
to see (perfective)
corner
blow; impact
pleasure
already; indeed
horror
already
to learn (perfective)
to leave (perfective)
street
smile
mind
management
level
condition
success
morning
ear
teacher
ears
fact
surname
figure
film
firm
form
photograph
phrase
front
character
tail
bread
course
to walk; to go (imperfective)
owner
good
well
to want (imperfective)
although
though
artist
emperor
color
flower
purpose
price
center
tea
hour
part
person
than
across, through
black
feature
features
honor
Thursday
Four
number
member
what, that
in order to; that
feeling
miracle
hardly; only
step
Six
neck
school
headquarters(military)
noise
cheek
floor; level of a building
this is, these are
this
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