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Part 4 Stops 45 though 48. From Pushkinskaya Ploshchad to Upper St. Peter's Monastery and back
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Address Terms
Days and Months
Numbers
Train words for buying tickets
Transportation Terms for the Metro
Transportation Types
Address Terms
Russian
Transliteration
English
БУЛЬ(ВАР)
Bul'var
Boulevard
НАБ(ЕРЕЖНАЯ)
Naberzhenaya
Embankment
ПЕР(ЕУЛОК)
Pereulok
Alley or Lane
ПЛ(ОЩАДЬ)
Ploshchad'
Square
ПРОСП(ЕКТ)
Prospekt
Avenue
УЛ(ИЦА)
Ultisa
Street
MОСТ
Мost
Bridge
ПР(ОЕЗД)
Proyezd
Passage
ПРУД
Prud
Pond
ШОССЕ
Shosse
Highway
ВАЛ
Val
Rampart
ВОРОТА
Vorota
Gate
КОР(ПУС)
Korpus
Building
СТР(ОЕНИЕ)
Stroyeniye
Building
ДОМ
Dom
House
ПОДЬЕЗД
Pod'yezd
Entrance Way
КВАРТИРА
Kvartira
Apartment
ЭТАЖ
Ehtazh
Floor
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Days and Months
Note: The Russian week starts with Monday. Also, unlike in English, the days of the week are not capitalized unless they are the first word in a sentence. The syllable in capital letters is the one which is accented.
Russian
Transliteration
English
Clue to remembering
понеделник
puh-nee-DYEHL-neek
Monday
week - неделя
вторник
FTOR-neek
Tuesday
second - второй
среда
sreh-DAH
Wednesday
middle - средне
четверг
cheht-VEHRK
Thursday
four - четыре
пятница
PYAHT-nee-tsah
Friday
five - пять
суботта
soo-BOH-tah
Saturday
Sabbath
воскресенье
vahs-kree-SYEHN-yeh
Sunday
resurrection
Note: Like days of the week, the months in Russian are not capitalized unless they are the first word in a sentence.
Russian
Transliteration
English
январь
yan-VAHR'
January
февраль
feh-VRAHL'
February
март
mahrt
March
апрель
ah-PRYEHL'
April
май
mahi
May
июнь
ee-YOON'
June
июль
ee-YOOL'
July
август
AHV-goost
August
сентябрь
seеn-TYAHBR'
September
октябрь
ahk-TYAHBR'
October
ноябрь
nah-YAHBR'
November
декабрь
deе-KAHBR'
December
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Numbers
Russian
Transliteration
English
ноль
nohl'
zero
один
ah-DEEN
one
два
dvah
two
три
tree
three
четыре
che-TI-reh
four
пять
pyaht'
five
шесть
shest'
six
семь
sem'
seven
восемь
VOH-sem'
eight
девять
DYEH-vat'
nine
десять
DYEH-sat'
ten
одиннадцать
ah-DEE-nah-tsaht'
eleven
двенадцать
dveh-NAH-tsaht'
twelve
тринадцать
tree-NAH-tsaht'
thirteen
четырнадцать
che-TIR-nah-tsaht'
fourteen
нятнадцать
paht-NAH-tsaht'
fifteen
шестнадцать
shehst-NAH-tsaht'
sixteen
семнадцать
sem-NAHD-tsaht'
seventeen
восемнадцать
vah-sehm-NAH-tsaht'
eighteen
девятнадцать
deh-vaht-NAH-tsaht'
nineteen
двадцать
DVAH-tsaht'
twenty
тридцать
TREE-tsaht'
thirty
сорок
SOH-rahk
forty
пятьдесят
pyat-deh-SYAHT
fifty
шестьдесят
shest'-deh-SYAHT
sixty
семьдесят
SYEHM'-deh-syat
seventy
восемьдесят
VOH-sehm'-deh-syat
eighty
девяносто
de-vya-NOHS-tah
ninety
СТО
stoh
hundred
тысяча
TI-sa-cha
thousand
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Train Words
Russian
English
билет
ticket
вагон
wagon, train car or carriage
вагон ресторан
dining car
верхняя полка
upper berth
душ
shower
класс обслуживания
class of service
купейный
kupé, second class or four-person compartments
люкс
deluxe, first class or two-person compartments; same as soft or SV
мягкий
soft or first class; same as deluxe or SV
нижняя полка
lower berth
отправление
departure
пассажирский
passenger or slow trains
плацкартный
platskartniy or third class
постель OR бельё
bed linens
прибытие
arrival
проводник
male attendant
проводница
female attendant
раковина
sink
скорый
fast or express trains
спалый вагон
SV, spalniy vagon or first class; same as deluxe
туалет
toilet
фирменный
privately run trains with higher quality service
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Transportation Terms for the Metro
Russian
English
Вход в метро
Entrance to the Metro
Нет Входа
No Entrance
Выход в город
Еxit to City
Нет выхода
No Exit
K Улице
To the Street
К Проездам
To the Trains
Пересадка
Transfer
Посадки Нет
No Boarding
Переход на Кольцевую Линию
Тransfer to the Circle Line
Касса
Ticket Booth
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Transportation Places
Russian
Transliteration
English
автобус
av-TOH-boos
bus
аэропорт
airport
вокзал
VOK-zal
train station
корабль
ship
лодка
LOH-
boat
маршрутка
MAHRSH-root-ka
minibus; shuttle
машина
MAH-shee-nah
car
метро
mee-TROH
subway; metro
остановка
ah-sta-NOHV-kah
bus stop
поезд
POH-yehzd
train
самолёт
sahm-ahl-YOHT
airplane
станция метро
STAHN-tsee-ah mee-TROH
subway station
такси
TAHK-see
taxi
last revised 18 September 2011 © 2003-2011 Ruth E. Imershein
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