Russian words for beginners
In the section “Russian Words for Beginners” you can find basic Russian vocabulary that will help you to gain some confidence in making basic conversations and don’t look for your words when you want to express some simple ideas in Russian.
This section is not for complete beginners. If you are a complete beginner, we recommend you to start here: Survival Russian – Russian for dummies.
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По́сле жесточа́йших потрясе́ний лю́ди хоте́ли ми́ра и споко́йствия, а потому́ легко́ забыва́ли ва́жные собы́тия про́шлого.
pós-lye zhees-ta-cháî-sheeh pat-ree-syé-neeî lyú-dee ha-tyé-lee mée-ra ee spa-kóîst-vee-ya, a pa-ta-mú leeh-kó za-by-vá-lee vázh-ny-ye sa-by-tee-ya prósh-la-va
After the most severe upheavals, people wanted peace and tranquility, and therefore easily forgot important events of the past.
to lead, to guide, to conduct, to direct
to answer, to reply, to respond; to be responsible
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Пребыва́ние в лову́шке негати́вного о́браза мы́слей мо́жет серьёзно ограни́чить спосо́бность челове́ка жить по́лной жи́знью.
pree-by-vá-nee-ye v la-vúsh-kye nee-ga-téev-na-va ób-ra-za mýs-lyeî mó-zheet seer'-yóz-na ag-ra-née-cheet' spa-sób-nast' chee-la-vyé-ka zheet' pól-naî zhéezn'-yu
Being trapped in a negative mindset can severely limit a person's ability to live life to the fullest.
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Arts and crafts
21 words
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Basic Russian
80 words
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Birds in Russian
8 words
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Body parts in Russian
38 words
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Business Russian
15 words
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Calling names
25 words
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Car and its parts
12 words
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Character
61 words
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Chores and housework
28 words
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Christmas and New Year
13 words
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Clothes
22 words
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Colors
18 words
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Computers and internet
12 words
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Cooking
18 words
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Cosmos
7 words
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Crime and Punishment
17 words
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Daily actions in Russian
73 words
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Describing people in Russian
20 words
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Directions
11 words
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Easy Russian
45 words
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Eating in Russian
32 words
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Emotions in Russian
78 words
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Epithets
41 words
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Face expressions
6 words
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Family in Russian
20 words
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Food in Russian
29 words
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Furniture
11 words
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Gardening
23 words
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Grooming
12 words
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Hard Russian words
15 words
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Health
30 words
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Hobbies and activities
27 words
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Holidays and celebrations
25 words
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House and apartment
44 words
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Introductory words and questions
10 words
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Love and marriage
43 words
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Math in Russian
26 words
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Money and prosperity
9 words
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Most common Russian verbs
31 words
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Most common Russian words
22 words
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Nature in Russian
27 words
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Physical qualities
34 words
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Places in Russian
11 words
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Random Russian words
129 words
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Relationships
137 words
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Russian expressions
72 words
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Russian slang
13 words
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Shopping in Russian
41 words
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Simple movements
64 words
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Sounds
9 words
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Sport in Russian
31 words
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Studies
35 words
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Symbols of Russia
16 words
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Tastes
12 words
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Things around us
19 words
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Time
29 words
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Tools in Russian
8 words
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Transport
30 words
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Travel
18 words
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Verbs of motion
16 words
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Weather in Russian
24 words
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Work
40 words
Survival Russian
Start learning Russian with this essential vocabulary that will help you to remove the first bricks from your language barrier.
Russian words for beginners
Essential Russian words and phrases for those who already started but still need to catch up a lot of vocabulary.
Intermediate Russian
Russian words and expressions for those who already speak a little Russian and want to have smoother Russian conversations.
Advanced Russian
Russian words and phrases for those who already speak Russian good enough to want to sound like a native speaker.