List of English words of Russian origin

Strictly speaking, this is the list of English words borrowed from Russian. Not all of them are of truly Russian origin.

• babushka
• babka (American Heritage® Dictionary erroneously claims it is Polish)
• balaclava
• balalaika
• bistro
• blintz
• borsch
• cosmonaut
• cossack
• dacha
• duh
• glasnost
• intelligentsia
• kasha
• kephir (kefir)
• kopek (kopeck, copeck)
• kumis (kumys)
• kvass (kvas)
• mammoth
• matryoshka
• perestroika
• pierogi
• pirozhki (piroshki)
• pogrom
• ruble (rouble)
• samovar
• shashlik
• soviet
• sputnik
• stalinism
• taiga
• Troika (triumvirate)
• Troika (dance)
• tundra
• troika (sled)
• steppe
• tsar
• tsarina
• tsesarevich
• vodka
• yurt