This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Compared to other source languages, very few of the russian woman name list borrowed into English come from Russian.

Direct borrowing first began with contact between England and Russia in the 16th century and picked up heavily in the 20th century with the establishment of the Soviet Union as a major world power. Also unlike in the Russian language, the accent is made on u instead the first a. A triangle-shaped mandolin-like musical instrument with three strings. A knitted hat that covers the face. First used in the British army during the Crimean war of 1853-56.

From the name of the town of Balaklava, russified Tatar ‘Baliqlava’. This usage in Russian is fairly recent and comes from English. In the former Soviet Union, an administered system of corrective labor camps and prisons. A coercive institution, or an oppressive environment. In the former Soviet Union, the intellectual elite.

Russian, late 16th century, Kazak, from Turkic meaning “vagabond” or “nomad”, name of the ethnicity was transliterated into English from Russian spelling. The self-appellation is “Kazak” or “Qazaq”. A Russian currency, a subunit of Ruble, 100 kopecks is equal to 1 ruble. Metonym for the government of the former USSR, and to a lesser of extent of Russian post-Soviet government.

Any various large, hairy, extinct elephants of the genus Mammuthus, especially the woolly mammoth. A set of brightly colored wooden dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside another. Matryoshka” is a derivative of the Russian female first name “Matryona”, which is traditionally associated with a corpulent, robust, rustic Russian woman. An organized, officially tolerated attack on any community or group. Massacre or destroy in a pogrom.

Russian руби́ть, rubiti meaning “to chop”. An alternate etymology may suggest the name comes from the Russian noun рубе́ц, rubets, i. A carnivorous mammal of the Mustelidae family native to Northern Europe and Asia. A traditional Russian tea urn, with an internal heating device for heating water for tea and keep the water at boiling point. Sputnik 1 which on October 4, 1957 became the first man-made object to orbit the earth. The swampy, coniferous forests of high northern latitudes, especially referring to that between the tundra and the steppes of Siberia. A Russian vehicle, either a wheeled carriage or a sleigh, drawn by three horses abreast.

A Russian folk dance with three people, often one man and two women. A group of three people or things working together, especially in an administrative or managerial capacity. Blini are often served in connection with a religious rite or festival, but also constitute a common breakfast dish. A Russian fish pie typically made with salmon or sturgeon, hard-boiled eggs, mushrooms, and dill, baked in a yeast or puff pastry shell.