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-          Glossary of useful Russian words for Genealogical Documents

-          Caveat - watch for abbreviations and inflected endings.

 

Cyrillic Term

Transliteration

Meaning

ГОСУДАРСМБЕННУЮ ДУМУ

Gosudarstvennuyu Dumu

State (Gov't) Duma

ИЗБИРАТЕЛЬНЫЙ СПИСОК

Izbiratel'nyi Spisok

Voter List

ПЕРЕЧЕН, СПИСКI

Perechen, Spiski         

Other ways to say "list"

ПЕРВОМ  ВТОРОМ  ТРЕТЬИМ

Pervom, Vtorom, Tret'im

First, Second, Third

УЕЗД,  ВОЛОСТ,  ГОРОД

Uyezd, Volost, Gorod

District, Township, City

 

 

 

ФАМИЛIИ, ИМЕНА И ОТЧЕСТВА

Familyi, Imena I Otchestva

Surname, First & Patronymic

МЕСТО ЖИТЕЛЬСТВА

Myesto Zhitel'stva

Place of Residence

ПО ПОРЯДКУ.

Po Poryadku.

Ordinal Number

НАЦIОНАЛЬНОСТ

Natsional'nost

Nationality (Ethnic Origin)

ВЕРОИСПОВЕДАНIЕ

Veroispovedanie

Religion

ЦЕНЗЪ

Tsenz

Qualification for Voting

ЕВРЕЙ,   ЕВР.,   IУД.

Evrei,   Evr.,  Yud.

Hebrew (Jewish)

ТОЖЕ

Tozhe

Ditto ( "" )

Г.     М.     С.

Gorod,   Mestechko,   Selo

City, Town, Village (abbrev.)

В.     Д.

Volost,   Dom

Township, Building (abbrev.)

 

 

 

ВЛАДЕЛЬЦЫ     ПЛАТЕЛЬЩИКН

Vladel'tsy       Platel'shchikn

Owner      Payers

НЕДВИЖИМЫХЪ   ИМУЩЕСТВЪ

Nedvizhimykh               Imushchestv   

Real Estate       Property

ПРОМЫСЛОВАГО    КВАРТИРИ

Promyslovago    Kvartiri

Business/Trade     Apartments

ЗАНИМАЮТЪ

Zanimayut

Occupies/Lives in

НАЛОГА

Naloga

Tax

 

-          Further Reading

-          "Gubernskie Vedomosti: A Genealogical Resource" Avotaynu: XII/4/27.

-          "An Analysis and Guide to Beider's Sources in the United States" Avotaynu: XIV/3/33.