CLS Latvia Military Memorial Russian Vocab

What is the Russian term for 'military garrison'?

Воинский гарнизон

What is the Russian word for 'battle'?

Сражение

What is the Russian term for 'civil war'?

Гражданская война

What is the Russian phrase for 'to occupy a city'?

Занять город

What is the Russian word for 'troops'?

Военнослужащие

What is the Russian term for 'powder depot'?

Пороховой склад

What is the Russian word for 'rampart'?

Вал

What is the Russian phrase for 'withdrawing Soviet troops'?

Вывод советских войск

What is the Russian phrase for 'to fall in battle'?

Пасть в бою

What is the Russian word for 'fallen' (as in fallen soldiers)?

Павший

What is the Russian term for 'prisoner of war'?

Военнопленный

What is the Russian word for 'cemetery'?

Кладбище

What is the Russian word for 'grave'?

Могила

What is the Russian verb for 'to bury'?

Похоронить

What is the Russian verb for 'to die'?

Погибнуть

What is the Russian verb for 'to rebury'?

Перезахоронить

What is the Russian word for 'remains' (human remains)?

Останки

What is the Russian term for 'Zinc Coffin'?

Цинковый гроб

What is the Russian term for 'mass grave'?

Массовое захоронение

What is the Russian word for 'bones'?

Кости

What does the Russian word 'надгробие' mean in English?

Tombstone

What does the Russian word 'неизвестный' mean when referring to a soldier?

Unknown (as in 'Unknown Soldier' - Неизвестный воин)

What is the Russian term for 'commemorative plate' (plaque)?

Памятная плита

What is the Russian term for 'Unknown Soldier'?

Неизвестный воин

What is the Russian word for 'stele' (an upright stone slab or pillar)?

Стела

What is the Russian term for 'commemorative stone'?

Памятный камень

What is the Russian term for 'stone pillars' (literally 'ground-level stele')?

Наземная стела

What is the Russian verb meaning 'to honor' (in a commemorative sense)?

Напоминать

What is the Russian verb for 'to carve' (as in carving stone)?

Высечь

What is the Russian word for 'foot' (as in the foot/base of a monument)?

Подножие

What does the Russian phrase 'по обе стороны' mean in English?

On either side

What does the Russian word 'прерванный' mean in English?

Interrupted

What does the Russian phrase 'рассеченная надвое' mean in English?

Split into two parts

What is the Russian word for 'camp' (as in a prison camp)?

Лагерь

What is the Russian term for 'concentration camp'?

Концлагерь

What is the Russian verb for 'to shoot' (execute by firing squad)?

Расстрелять

What is the Russian word for 'prisoner' (especially a camp inmate)?

Узник

What is the Russian term for 'genocide victim'?

Жертвы геноцида

What is the Russian phrase for 'number of holocaust victims'?

Число жертв холокоста

What is the Russian verb for 'to liquidate'?

Ликвидировать

What is the Russian word for 'conditions' (as in living conditions in a camp)?

Условия

What is the Russian word for 'starvation'?

Голод

What is the Russian word for 'disease'?

Болезнь

What is the Russian word for 'sand'?

Песок

What is the Russian word for 'quarry'?

Гравёр

What is the Russian word for 'gravel'?

Гравий

What is the Russian word for 'dump site'?

Свалка

What is the Russian term for 'construction waste'?

Строительные отходы

What is the Russian word for 'concrete' (adjective)?

Бетонный

What is the Russian term for 'forest' (forest massif)?

Лесной массив

What does the Russian word 'демонтировать' mean in English?

To dismantle

What does the Russian word 'благоустроить' mean in English?

To tend (to improve/maintain, especially a territory or memorial site)

What does the Russian phrase 'привести в порядок' mean in English?

To clean up / to put in order

What is the Russian verb for 'to contribute' (to donate money/funds)?

Пожертвовать

What is the Russian word for 'funds' (financial resources)?

Средства

What is the Russian word for 'countryman' or 'compatriot'?

Соотечественник

What is the Russian word for 'collapse' (e.g., collapse of the USSR)?

Распад