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Guide to Doukhobor Names & Naming Practices

Assists researchers in understanding Russian Doukhobor names and naming practices and recognizing Doukhobor names that appear in records.

Index of Imperial Russian Occupational Terms

In order to find and use specific types of Russian records, resarchers need to be able to identify and understand some key terms in the Russian language. This glossary contains terms relating to occupations, trades and professions in Imperial Russia, transliterated from Russian, along with their English translations. Theterms included here are those that you are likely to find in Russian genealogical sources.

Index of Imperial Russian Weights & Measures

In order to find and use specific types of Russian records, resarchers need to be able to identify and understand some key terms in the Russian language. This glossary contains terms relating to weights and measures in Imperial Russia, transliterated from Russian, along with their English translations. The terms included here are those that you are likely to find in Russian genealogical sources.

Index of Russian Archival Terms

In order to find and use specific types of Russian records, resarchers need to be able to identify and understand some key terms in the Russian language. This glossary contains record and archival terms, transliterated from Russian, along with their English translations. Theterms included here are those that you are likely to find in Russian genealogical sources.

Index of Russian Dates & Calendar Terms

In order to find and use specific types of Russian records, resarchers need to be able to identify and understand some key terms in the Russian language. This glossary contains terms relating to dates, time and calendars in Imperial Russia, transliterated from Russian, along with their English translations. Theterms included here are those that you are likely to find in Russian genealogical sources.

Index of Russian Familial Terms

In order to find and use specific types of Russian records, resarchers need to be able to identify and understand some key terms in the Russian language. This glossary contains familial, kinship and gender terms, transliterated from Russian, along with their English translations. Theterms included here are those that you are likely to find in Russian genealogical sources.

Index of Russian Genealogical Terms

In order to find and use specific types of Russian records, resarchers need to be able to identify and understand some key terms in the Russian language. This glossary contains general terms relating to Russian genealogy, transliterated from Russian, along with their English translations. Theterms included here are those that you are likely to find in Russian genealogical sources.

Index of Russian Nationality, Religion & Class Terms

In order to find and use specific types of Russian records, resarchers need to be able to identify and understand some key terms in the Russian language. This glossary contains terms relating to religion, nationality and class in Imperial Russia, transliterated from Russian, along with their English translations. Theterms included here are those that you are likely to find in Russian genealogical sources.

Index of Russian Number Terms

In Russian genealogical sources, numbers and dates are occasionally spelt out. The following glossary contains transliterated spellings of cardinal (1, 2, 3) and ordinal (1st, 2nd, 3rd) numbers in Russian.

Origin and Meaning of Doukhobor Surnames

Glossary containing the roots and meanings of over 400 Russian Doukhobor surnames with over 2,500 English spelling variations.

Doukhobor Bibliography

Julie Rak's Annotated Doukhobor Bibliography.