Top 500 Russian Nouns

This page continues the frequency list for 500 widely used Russian nouns and their English translations. The gender of each noun is marked as either masculine, neuter or feminine.

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Rank	Russian noun	English translation	Gender
151.	море	sea	neuter
152.	гора	mountain, hill	feminine
153.	врач	physician, doctor	masculine
154.	край	border, edge; land, country	masculine
155.	река	river	feminine
156.	мера	measure, step	feminine
157.	действие	action, effect	neuter
158.	вещь	thing	feminine
159.	ход	move	masculine
160.	боль	pain	feminine
161.	судьба	fate, fortune, destiny	feminine
162.	причина	cause, reason, motive	feminine
163.	черта	line, boundary; trait	feminine
164.	девочка	girl, little girl	feminine
165.	волос	hair	masculine
166.	номер	number, size, room, issue	masculine
167.	глава	head, chief	feminine
168.	командир	commander, commanding officer	masculine
169.	партия	party	feminine
170.	проблема	problem, issue	feminine
171.	страх	fear	masculine
172.	бумага	paper	feminine
173.	герой	hero	masculine
174.	пара	pair, couple	feminine
175.	государство	State	neuter
176.	деревня	village, country	feminine
177.	речь	speech	feminine
178.	средство	means, remedy	neuter
179.	положение	position, posture, condition, state	neuter
180.	связь	tie, bond; connection, relation	feminine
181.	класс	class	masculine
182.	цель	goal, object, target	feminine
183.	знать	aristocracy, nobility, the élite	feminine
184.	профессор	professor	masculine
185.	господин	gentleman, Mr.	masculine
186.	счастье	happiness, luck	neuter
187.	дух	spirit	masculine
188.	план	plan	masculine
189.	зал	hall	masculine
190.	директор	director, manager	masculine
191.	память	memory	feminine
192.	результат	result, outcome	masculine
193.	след	track, footprint	masculine
194.	бутылка	bottle	feminine
195.	условие	condition, term	neuter
196.	ум	mind, brains, intellect	masculine
197.	процесс	process	masculine
198.	картина	picture, painting	feminine
199.	центр	center	masculine
200.	будущее	future	neuter

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Note: The frequency list is adapted from the frequency dictionary for Russian by Serge Sharoff.

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