1001 Common Russian Terms

[Robert Beard]

I was contacted by email this past summer by an engineer-poet, Valerii
Bashevoj, from Dubna who is looking for a way to make a contribution to the
WWW.  He suggested a dictionary of 1001 Familiar Russian Words which
speakers of Russian need to know, but which are not included in
dictionaries.   For example, these are the terms he has so far gathered
under the letter "G"

(Under "G")

Tretyakovskaya Galary, Yuri Gagarin, Alexander Galish, Iliya
         Glazunov, Mikhail Glinka, Nicolay Gogol, Boris Godunov, Mikhail
         Gorbachev, Vyacheslav Gordeev, Maxim Gorky, Teophanes the
         Greek, Yuri grigorovich, GRU, Gulag, Gusary, Gzhel,


I encouraged him to continue with the project and made a few suggestions,
promising to help as much as I could.   He has divided the project into two
tasks:  deriving the list of terms to be included and defining them.  Right
now he is gathering the terms and needs our help.   Since he does not teach
Russian, he needs to know which non-dictionary words (and phrases) our
students need defined. If we will help him draw up the list, he will define
them (we'll probably have to help with the editing, too).

The project is certainly a useful one.  Once it is up and running, Valerii
will maintain the dictionary.  I suspect it will become a vital tool in the
language-teaching arsenal and probably useful to historians, tourists, and
other folks, as well.   If the project is one you and/or your students will
find useful, contact Valerii and add to his growing list of terms.  His web
site is at:

http://sungraph.jinr.dubna.su/valeri/1001.html

Take a look, see what he has already collected and add to his list of
terms. You might also help him with his English where necessary.

--Bob