Russian
From the Kremlin
Russian relates to Russia, the country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.
As a noun, a Russian is a person from Russia or of Russian descent.
Russian is also the Slavic language spoken there, written in Cyrillic script.
As an adjective: Russian literature, Russian Orthodox, Russian roulette.
The word covers both the former Soviet Union and modern Russia, though context usually clarifies which.
Moscow's fortified government seat
- SovietOf the USSR
- TsarRussian imperial title
- PutinRussian authoritarian leader
- oligarchMember of small ruling class
ruble · Federation · Duma · Politburo · KGB · commissar · apparatchik · glasnost
Russian nesting doll
- samovarWater-heating tea vessel
- balalaikaRussian triangular stringed instrument
- vodkaClear distilled spirit
- dachaSeasonal rural dwelling
borscht · blini · pelmeni · caviar · Fabergé · troika · onion dome · Red Square
Slavic alphabet system
- CossackSouthern Russian equestrian warrior
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
taiga · Siberia · Volga · Ural · Caucasus · tundra · permafrost · Baltic
Slavic alphabet system
- SlavicOf certain Eastern Europeans
- declensionNoun form variation
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- aspectFeature or dimension
case · genitive · accusative · dative · prepositional · instrumental · yer · stress
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
- ChekhovRussian short-story master
- PushkinEugene Onegin author
- TurgenevRussian realist writer
Nabokov · Pasternak · Solzhenitsyn · Babel · samizdat · War and Peace · Crime and Punishment
Moscow's grand theater
- Swan LakeRomantic Russian ballet
- NutcrackerYuletide ballet with toys
- FirebirdPontiac sports coupe line
- GiselleClassic ballet heroine
Pavlova · Nijinsky · Baryshnikov · Nureyev · Sleeping Beauty · Rite of Spring · Ballets Russes
Kremlin
Moscow's fortified government seat
oligarch · ruble · Federation · Duma · Politburo · KGB · commissar · apparatchik · glasnost · perestroika
matryoshka
Russian nesting doll
- samovarWater-heating tea vessel
- balalaikaRussian triangular stringed instrument
- vodkaClear distilled spirit
dacha · borscht · blini · pelmeni · caviar · Fabergé · troika · onion dome · Red Square · Hermitage
Cyrillic
Slavic alphabet system
- CossackSouthern Russian equestrian warrior
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- MoscowRussia's capital city
steppe · taiga · Siberia · Volga · Ural · Caucasus · tundra · permafrost · Baltic · Black Sea
Cyrillic
Slavic alphabet system
- SlavicOf certain Eastern Europeans
- declensionNoun form variation
- conjugationVerb form variation system
aspect · case · genitive · accusative · dative · prepositional · instrumental · yer · stress · perfective
Tolstoy
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
- ChekhovRussian short-story master
- PushkinEugene Onegin author
Turgenev · Nabokov · Pasternak · Solzhenitsyn · Babel · samizdat · War and Peace · Crime and Punishment
Tatar
Turkic ethnic group
- ChechenPerson from Grozny's republic
Bolshoi
Moscow's grand theater
- Swan LakeRomantic Russian ballet
- NutcrackerYuletide ballet with toys
- FirebirdPontiac sports coupe line
Giselle · Pavlova · Nijinsky · Baryshnikov · Nureyev · Sleeping Beauty · Rite of Spring · Ballets Russes
- cuisinesItalian cuisine, French cuisine, Chinese cuisine, Japanese cuisine, Mexican cuisine
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- NationalitiesAmerican, Australian, Brazilian, British, Canadian
- humanitiesphilosophy, history, literature, philosophy class, novels
- Indo-European LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Spanish, Italian
- DemonymsAmerican, Australian, Canadian, British, Chinese
RussianAmerican
From the U.S.
anti-Russian · Western · NATO · democratic · capitalist
- Mother RussiaPersonified Russian nation
- Russian cultureTraditions from Moscow's nation
- White RussiansCoffee-flavored creamy cocktails
- Russian mafiaSlavic organized crime syndicate
- Russian rouletteFatal game of chance
- Black RussianVodka and Kahlúa drink
Russification, Russia, Russians, Russify, Russian Empire, Russian Revolution, Russian Federation, Russiagate, Russianized