Glossary

• Alexey Vasilievitch [ah-lyik-SAY vuh-SEE-lyih-vich]
• Baikal [bahy-KAHL]
• Batushka [BUH-thyush-kuh]—daddy
• Chelyabinsk [chel-YUH-binsk]
• Dunya [DOO-nyuh]—a pet name for Eudoxia
• Duratchki [doo-ruch-KEE]—tomfool
• Irkutsk [eer-KOOTSK]
• Kiev [KYEE-yif]
• kopek [KO-pek]—Russian unit of money, 1/100 of a ruble
• Kursk [KOORSK]
• Mogilev [muh-gyi-LYAWF]—a territory of the Russian Empire in the 19th century, situated in the present-day Republic of Belarus in eastern Europe.
• Omsk [AWMSK]
• Pasha [PAH-shuh]—Paul
• Penza [PEN-zuh]
• Samara [suh-MAH-ruh]
• samovar [sam-uh-VAHR]—Russian tea kettle
• Saratov [sa-RAH-tuhf]
• Shura [SHOO-duh]—Alexandra
• Solovyov [suh-luhv-YAWF]
• Sosnovka [sos-NAWF-kuh]
• Stundist [SHTUN-dist]—a term used to describe members of a Russian Protestant evangelical movement
• Tanya [TAHN-yuh]—a pet name for Tatiana
• Tatiana [tahts-YAW-nuh]
• Tikhomirov [tsee-khah-MEEDR-awf]
• Tomsk [TAWMSK]—a territory in western Siberia, about 2500 miles (4000 km) from Mogilev.
• Voronezh [vuh-RAW-nyish]
• Yeniseysk [yen-i-SEYSK]
• Yuri Nikolaievitch [YOO-ree nik-uh-LI-yih-vich]