These tables offer more complete lists of words researched and compiled by numerous lexicologists. Not all words given by an author were put into each list, because words were chosen for their recognizability today; there were many words of historic interest which were left out because they didn't fit the criteria of this paper. Also included are words cited in recent newspaper and journal articles.
The same word may appear on more than one list. In addition, specialists don't always agree as to when loanwords appeared in Russian, so some are cited in more than one time period. That's the nature of the lexis. It is everchanging, words entering the language in one sector of society, becoming popularized, or changing meaning.
Words are transliterated from their spelling in modern Russian.
A. LOANWORDS OF THE 18TH CENTURY AND EARLIER
1. 1550-1800: Huettl-Worth
Her list of words are cited from the dictionary section of Foreign Words in Russian (1963, pp. 55-123). The massive number of loanwords (from Latin and German, in particular) truly show the history of Russia from the beginning of the Latin influence to the end of Peter the Great's reign, which saw a flood of Western European influence.
abbot |
abbot |
antipod |
antipode |
avrora |
aurora |
antiteza |
antithesis |
avtonomni |
autonomous |
anchous |
anchovy |
avtor |
author |
aplodirovat' |
to applaud |
avtoritet |
authority |
apokalipsicheskii |
apolyptic |
advokat |
lawyer |
apofeoz |
apotheosis |
admiral |
admiral |
apteka |
drugstore |
akademiya |
academy |
aptekar' |
druggist |
akt |
act--in play |
arab |
Arab |
aktyor |
actor |
aristokratka |
aristorcrat |
aktrisa |
actress |
arifmetika |
arithmetic |
akustika |
acoustics |
arka |
arch |
alebarda |
halberd |
arkada |
arcade |
alegoriya |
allegory |
armada |
armada |
alfavit |
alphabet |
armiya |
army |
alkhimiya |
alchemy |
arteriya |
artery |
al'kov |
alcove |
artikul |
article |
amazonka |
Amazon woman |
artist |
artist |
ambroziya |
ambrosia |
arfa |
harp |
America |
America |
arkhitektura |
architecture |
ametist |
amethyst |
astrolyabia |
astrolabe |
amfiteatr |
amphitheater |
astrolog |
astrologer |
analiticheskii |
analytical |
astronom |
astronomer |
analogicheskii |
analogical |
ateist |
atheist |
anapest |
anapest |
audientsiya |
audience |
anarkhicheskii |
anarchical |
auditoriya |
lecture hall |
anatomiya |
anatomy |
aforizm |
aphorism |
angliiskii |
English |
affekt |
fit of passion, |
anglichanin |
Englishman |
affekt |
temporary insanity |
anekdot |
anecdote |
annotatisya |
annotation |
baza |
base |
bilet |
ticket |
balet |
ballet |
biskvit |
spongecake |
ballotirovat' |
to vote for |
bifshteks |
steak |
bal'sam |
balsam |
botanika |
botany |
balyustrada |
banisters |
bravo |
bravo |
banket |
banquet |
brillyant |
diamond |
bard |
bard |
bronza |
bronze |
barel'ev |
bas-relief |
buket |
bouquet |
barka |
wooden barge |
bul'var |
boulevard |
baron |
baron |
byulleten' |
bulletin |
bass |
basso |
byuro |
office |
bestiya |
term of abuse |
byust |
bust |
daktil' |
dactyl |
dialog |
dialogue |
dekada |
decade |
diametr |
diameter |
dekan |
dean |
didaktika |
didactics |
deklamatsiya |
recitation |
dizenteriya |
dysentery |
dekoratsiya |
scenery |
diktator |
dictator |
delikatniyi |
delicate |
diktovat' |
to dictate |
del'fin |
dolphin |
diftong |
dipthong |
demokratiya |
democracy |
dogmat |
dogma |
depozit |
deposit |
doza |
dose |
dervish |
dervish |
doktor |
doctor |
desert |
dessert |
domino |
dominoes |
definitsiya |
definition |
drama |
drama |
dialekt |
dialect |
duel' |
duel |
dialektika |
dialectics |
duet' |
duet |
egoist |
egotist |
epigramma |
epigram |
ekvator |
equator |
epizode |
episode |
ekvivalent |
equivalent |
epikureets |
an Epicurean |
eklektricheskii |
eclecic |
epilog |
epilogue |
elegiya |
epitaph |
epitafiya |
elegy |
ekstrakt |
extract |
epistola |
epistle |
elektricheskii |
electrical |
estetika |
aesthetics |
element |
element |
efit |
ether |
ellips |
ellipsis |
ekho |
echo |
emblema |
emblem |
effekt |
effect |
emigrant |
emigrant |
entuziasm |
enthusiasm |
emir |
emir |
empirik |
empiricist |
evnukh |
eunuch | ||
faza |
phase |
fizionomiya |
physiognomy |
fazan |
pheasant |
fiktsiya |
fiction |
falanga |
phalanx |
filosofstvovat' |
to philosophize |
familya |
last name |
flegmatichnyi |
phlegmatic |
fanatizm |
fanaticism |
fleita |
flute |
farmokolog |
pharmacist |
forma |
form |
fars |
farce |
format |
format |
fasad |
facade |
fraza |
phrase |
feniks |
phoenix |
frukt |
fruit |
fenomen |
phenomenon |
fundamental |
foundation |
fialka |
violet |
furiya |
Fury |
figa |
fig |
figura |
figure |
galereya |
gallery |
gimn |
hymn |
garem |
harem |
giperbola |
hyperbole |
garmoniya |
harmony |
girlyanda |
garland |
gegemoniya |
hegemony |
gitara |
guitar |
geksametr |
hexameter |
gletcher |
glacier |
genii |
genius |
gospital' |
hospital |
geografiya |
geography |
grammatika |
grammar |
geodesiya |
geodesy |
granat |
pomegranate |
geometriya |
geometry |
grot |
grotto |
geroi |
hero |
gruppa |
group |
idilliya |
idyll |
ironiya |
irony |
ierarkhiya |
hierarchy |
isterika |
hysterical |
illyuminatsiya |
ilumination |
invalid |
invalid |
imam |
imam |
inkognito |
incognito |
imperator |
emperor |
instrument |
instrument |
imperatritsiya |
empress |
istorik |
historian |
imperiya |
empire |
istoriya |
history |
kalendar' |
calendar |
klub |
club |
kalif |
caliph |
kodeks |
code |
kamfora |
camphor |
koketka |
coquette |
kandidat |
candidate |
kollektsiya |
collection |
kantata |
cantata |
kolondada |
collonade |
kanton |
canton |
koloss |
colossus |
kantselyariya |
chancellory |
komediya |
comedy |
kantsler |
chancellor |
kometa |
comet |
kapitan |
captain |
konsul |
consul |
karabin |
carbine |
kontrakt |
contrct |
karavan |
caravan |
kopiya |
copy |
karikatura |
caricature |
koran |
Koran |
karta |
map |
koriandr |
coriander |
katalog |
catalogue |
korona |
crown |
katar |
catarrh |
korpus |
body |
katolik |
Catholic |
kosmopolit |
cosmopolitan |
kvadrat |
square |
kofe |
coffee |
kvaker |
Quaker |
kreditor |
creditor |
kvarta |
quart |
krizis |
crisis |
klass |
class |
kristall |
crystal |
klassicheskii |
classical |
kritik |
critic |
klerk |
clerk |
krokus |
crocus |
klient |
client |
khimiya |
chemistry |
khameleon |
chameleon |
khaos |
chaos |
khor |
choir |
khimera |
chimera |
khronologiya |
chronology |
kharakteristika |
characteristic |
labirint |
labyrinth |
letargiya |
lethargy |
lavr |
laurel |
liniya |
line |
lakonicheskii |
laconic |
lira |
lyre |
lampa |
lamp |
liricheskii |
lyrical |
legat |
legate |
literator |
literary person |
ledi |
lady |
literatura |
literature |
leksika |
lexis |
litsenziya |
license |
lekstiya |
lecture |
logika |
logic |
leopard |
leopard |
lozha |
loge |
mavr |
Moor |
mizernyi |
meagre |
magistr |
master |
militsiya |
militia |
magiya |
magic |
million |
million |
magnetizm |
magnetism |
milya |
mile |
madrigal' |
madrigal |
mimika |
mimicry |
maior |
major |
mina |
mien |
mandarin |
mandarin |
minaret |
minaret |
mandat |
mandate |
minsterstvo |
ministry |
manuskript |
manuscript |
minuta |
minute |
maska |
mask |
miriady |
myriad |
maskarad |
masquerade |
miss |
Miss |
massa |
mass |
mistika |
mysticism |
master |
master |
mitra |
mitre |
matematika |
mathematics |
moda |
fashion |
materiya |
material |
momental'no |
at once |
matrona |
matron |
monarkh |
monarch |
medal' |
medal |
monstr |
monster |
medal'on |
medallion |
monolog |
monologue |
melankholiya |
melancholy |
mekhanizm |
mechanizm |
melodiya |
melody |
monument |
monument |
melodrama |
melodrama |
moral'nyi |
moral |
menuet |
minuet |
muzei |
museum |
meridian |
meridian |
mul |
mule |
metamorfoz |
metamorphosis |
mumiya |
mummy |
metafizika |
metaphysics |
muskul |
muscle |
metafora |
metaphor |
musul'manin |
Moslem |
metodist |
Methodist |
mufti |
mufti |
metr |
meter |
mushket |
musket |
mekhanika |
mechanics |
muedzin |
muezzin |
natura |
nature |
nerv |
nerve |
natsional'nost' |
nationality |
nimfa |
nymph |
naglizhe |
negligee |
nota |
note |
nektar |
nectar |
notarius |
notary |
ob"ekt |
object |
optimist |
optimist |
oda |
ode |
orator |
orator |
okulist |
oculist |
oratoriya |
oratory |
oliva |
olive |
organizatsiya |
organization |
olimpiada |
Olympiad |
orden |
order |
oniks |
onyx |
ordinarnyi |
ordinary |
ontologoya |
ontology |
orkestr |
orchestra |
operetka |
operetta |
ornitologiya |
ornithology |
optika |
optics |
orfografiya |
orthography |
otel' |
hotel | ||
pal'ma |
palm |
portal |
portal |
pantomima |
pantomime |
portik |
portico |
paradigma |
paradigm |
potash |
potash |
paradoks |
paradox |
poet |
poet |
paralich |
paralysis |
poetika |
poetics |
parafraza |
paraphrase |
poeziya |
poetry |
park |
park |
praktika |
practice |
parket |
parquet |
prezident |
president |
parmezan |
Parmesan cheese |
prelat |
prelate |
passazhir |
passenger |
prelyuda |
prelude |
patalogiya |
pathology |
proba |
experiment |
patron |
patron |
provintsiya |
province |
pedagog |
pedagogue, teacher |
prognostika |
prognostics |
pedant |
pedant |
prozhekt |
project |
pekar' |
baker |
proza |
prose |
pelikan |
pelican |
prolog |
prologue |
period |
period |
prosodiya |
prosody |
peripatetik |
peripatetic |
protestant |
Protestant |
persona |
person |
professor |
professor |
pifagoreiskii |
Pythagorean |
prosessiya |
procession |
planeta |
planet |
psikhologiya |
psychology |
platonicheskii |
Platonic |
publika |
public, audience |
polip |
polyp |
puding |
pudding |
politsiya |
police |
pudra |
powder |
polyarnyi |
polar |
pul's |
pulse |
pompa |
pomp |
punkt |
point |
port |
harbor |
punsh |
punch = drink |
rel'ef |
relief |
rozmarin |
rosemary |
respekt |
respect |
rol' |
role |
respublika |
republic |
rom |
rum |
restorantyor |
restaurant keeper |
romantik |
Romantic |
reformatsiya |
reformation |
rotonda |
rotunda |
rifma |
rhythm |
ruina |
ruin |
salat |
salad, lettuce |
skul'ptura |
sculpture |
sangvinik |
sanguine person |
sous |
sauce |
satir |
satyr |
sofa |
sofa |
satira |
satire |
sofist |
sofist |
satrap |
satrap |
sparzha |
asparagus |
sekret |
secret |
spektakl' |
play, performance |
sekretar' |
secretary |
splin |
spleen |
sekta |
sect |
spondei |
spondee |
stal' |
steel (where Stalin took his name) |
senator |
senator |
sikomor |
sycamore |
statisticheskii |
statistical |
sillogizm |
syllogism |
stoik |
Stoic |
simmetricheskii |
symmetrical |
struktura |
structure |
simpatiya |
reciprocal liking |
student |
college student |
sinagoga |
synagogue |
substantsiya |
substance |
sinod |
synod |
subtil'nyi |
slender |
sintaksis |
syntax |
sub"ekt |
subject |
sirop |
syrup |
sup |
soup |
sistema |
system |
sfera |
sphere |
skelet |
skeleton |
skizma |
schism |
skeptik |
sceptic |
stsena |
stage |
shal' |
shawl |
sherif |
sheriff |
shampanskoe |
champagne |
shilling |
Schilling |
sharlatan |
charlatan |
shokolad |
chocolate |
sheikh |
sheik |
shpinat |
spinach |
sherbet |
sherbet |
shturmovat' |
to assault |
taverna |
tavern |
tipografiya |
printing house |
talant |
talent |
tiran |
tyrant |
talisman |
talisman |
titan |
titan |
tanets |
dance |
titul |
title |
tansovat' |
to dance |
ton |
manner of speech |
tansyor |
dancer |
topografiya |
typography |
teatr |
theater |
tost |
toast |
takst |
text |
tragediya |
tragedy |
temperament |
temperament |
tragik |
writer of tragedies |
teologiya |
theology |
tribuna |
tribune, platform |
teorema |
theorem |
triumf |
triumph |
teoriya |
theory |
tron |
throne |
termometr |
thermometer |
trokhei |
trochee |
terpentin |
turpentine |
truppa |
troupe, company |
terrasa |
terrace |
tualet |
toilet=act of dressing |
tigr |
tiger |
tip |
type; fellow |
tsentr |
center |
tsinik |
cynic |
tseremoniya |
ceremony |
tsisterna |
cistern |
utopiya |
utopia |
||
varvarizm |
barbarism |
virtuoz |
virtuoso |
vaza |
vase |
vodevil' |
vaudeville |
vena |
vein |
volontyor |
volunteer |
veteran |
veteran |
vulkan |
volcano |
vikont |
viscount |
||
yakobintsy |
Jacobin |
yamb |
iamb |
zal |
hall |
zhasmin |
jasmine |
zenit |
zenith |
zhest |
gesture |
zodiak |
zodiac |
zhurnalist |
journalist |