loaning from russian

olga   Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:31 pm GMT
I have to make a reseach on this subject. I know that English has borrowed some Russian words connected with russian reallity. Do people in your country know and use them?
Guest   Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:19 pm GMT
Vodka
Petrushka   Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:39 pm GMT
Samovar
K. T.   Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:57 pm GMT
Glasnost (occasionally hear or see this)
K. T.   Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:01 pm GMT
Of course, perestroika and troika. Some people know Mir and Pravda.
Radovan Karadzic   Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:55 pm GMT
Gulag, bistro
Valentina Tereshkova   Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:14 am GMT
Cosmonaut
Russian guest   Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:17 pm GMT
the most whidespread word is POGROM.

In some political news you can meet "siloviki"
Ratko Mladic   Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:46 pm GMT
Dacha
Radovan Karadzic   Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:57 pm GMT
Rakto Mdalic   Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:11 pm GMT
Comrade
Tkora Dicmla   Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:00 am GMT
Comrade is not a Russian word, you skopets.
Milton   Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:35 am GMT
Balalayka, troika and samovar come to mind.
Sarmackie   Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:19 pm GMT
Tovarishch. Tsar. Agitprop. Droog (Clockwork Orange). Intelligencia. Shopka.
Olga   Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:14 pm GMT
Could you fill in:
№ RUSSIAN WORD
(from the dictionary) It means... Never heard
1 Babushka
2 Balalaika
3 Banya
4 Bistro
5 Bolshevik
6 Duma
7 Glasnost
8 Gulag
9 Kasha
10 Kozachok
11 Kremlin
12 Kvass
13 Matryoshka
14 Perestroika
15 Ruble (Rouble)
16 Samovar
17 Shchi
18 Soyuz
19 Sputnik
20 Stalinism
21 Taiga
22 Tovarishch