| белогвардейские войска pl |
troops of the White Guard (White Army troops) |
| Бунд |
Bund—a Jewish socialist party |
| воевать с кем-чем, против кого-чего, за что |
to battle, go to war |
| вспышка антисемитизма |
incident (flare up) of anti-Semitism |
| выезд |
departure, emigration |
| выселение |
deportation |
| высшее учебное заведение, вуз |
institution of higher learning |
гнев
справедливый гнев idiom |
fury
justifiable indignation |
| Государственная Дума |
State Duma (Russian Parliament) |
| еврейское училище |
Jewish institute, institute for the study of Jewish law and culture |
| жид colloq, nonstandard |
derogatory term for a Jew |
| замысел |
intention, plot |
| запрет |
prohibition |
| защищать/защитить |
to defend |
| иврит |
Hebrew |
| идиш |
Yiddish |
инкриминировать impf and pf
инкриминироваться кому-что |
to charge, accuse
to be charged, accused |
| инородец, pl инородцы; obsolete |
member of a national minority (i.e., ethnically not Russian) in tsarist Russia |
| исповедовать (религию)impf and pf |
to belong to a certain religious faith, confession |
| кадет |
Cadet–member of the Constitutional Democracy Party that favored constitutional monarchy |
| казëнная винная монополия |
state monopoly for the sale of alcohol |
| космополит |
cosmopolitan (i.e., someone who may have connections to more than one culture): this was a coded word for “Jew” in 1950s |
| кровавый навет |
blood libel—accusation of a Jew in the ritual murder of a Christian, allegedly in order to use Christian blood in a Jewish religious ritual |
| мыслящие слои (общества) pl |
thinking circles, intelligentsia |
| негласный |
secret, unofficial |
| oбвинение в чём |
accusation |
| обнищание |
impoverishment |
| обряд |
ritual |
| ограничение |
restriction, limit |
| оправдывать/оправдать |
to acquit |
| отказник |
refusnik or refusenik, a person denied the opportunity to emigrate from the USSR in 1970–1980s |
| пограничная область |
province near the border |
| погром |
pogrom, anti-Jewish riot (now also used when talking about riots against other nationalities) |
| послевоенное время |
postwar period |
| производить/произвести в офицеры |
to promote (to be promoted) to the rank of officer |
| психоз |
psychosis |
| разбирательство |
trial, process of presentation of the evidence in a case |
| разведка |
military intelligence |
| распределитeльный комитет |
distribution committee |
| российское закондательство |
Russian legislation |
| синагога |
synagogue |
| сионист |
Zionist |
| созыв |
session, convening (of the parliament, for example) |
| сотрудничество с кем-чем |
collaboration, cooperation |
| Союз Михаила Архангела |
Legion of Michael the Archangel, an anti-Semitic group in prerevolutionary Russia |
| Союз русского народа |
Legion of the Russian people, an anti-Semitic group in prerevolutionary Russia |
| суд присяжных |
jury trial |
| убийствo в ритуальных целях |
ritual murder |
| увольнять/уволить (с работы) |
to fire (from a job) |
| уничтожать/уничтожить |
to annihilate, destroy |
| уцелеть pf |
to survive |
| хедер [хедэр] |
cheder—a Jewish school |
| xрабрость |
bravery |
| черносотенец, pl черносотенцы |
member of the “Black Hundred” group, an anti-Semitic group in prerevolutionary Russia |
| черта оседлости |
Pale of Settlement (where Jews were allowed to live), territories formerly part of the Polish kingdom, located in Ukraine and Belorussia |
| шпионаж в пользу кого-чего |
espionage, spying on behalf of someone |
| эсер, pl эсеры [эсэр] |
member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party (Russian name comes from the initials of the party’s name: compare with социал-революционеры) |
| якобы conj, particle |
аllegedly |
