river russian
река́
river, stream
Москва́
Moscow
Moskva River
Дон
Don (river)
дно
bottom
floor (of the sea), bed (of a river)
рука́в
sleeve
arm (of a river), branch (of a river)
hose, flexible pipe
ир
Il (in Kim Il-sung), Ir
sweet flag, calamus, sweet sedge
the Ir (river)
Irus
ре́чка
small river, brook, rivulet
ру́сло
riverbed, channel, bed (of a river)
course, track, channel (figurative)
ло́же
bed, couch, resting place
bed (of a river), channel
stock (of a gun), gunstock
речно́й
river
исто́к
source (of a river), headwaters, spring
origins, roots, beginnings
outflow, efflux
перепра́ва
crossing, river crossing, getting across
ferry crossing, crossing point, ferry
Чу́я
Chuya (river)
перепра́виться
to cross (usually a river)
ча́ра
goblet, cup, drinking bowl, glass
Chara (river)
Ка́ма
Kama (river)
Аму́р
Amur, the Amur River
amur (carp-like fish), grass carp
Обь
Ob, Ob River
прото́к
channel, canal, watercourse, arm of a river
duct, passage
теплохо́д
motor ship, motor vessel, diesel-powered ship
river cruise boat, excursion boat
Иорда́н
Jordan river
ма́лка
bevel, bevel square, sliding bevel
hooded cowl of reindeer skin
Malka (river)
вах
Vakh (river)
пра
great- (in kinship terms), proto-, primordial
Pra (river)
Воро́неж
Voronezh (city)
Voronezh (river)
переправля́ться
to cross (usually a river)
Куба́нь
Kuban (river)
сплавля́ться
to raft (down a river), to float downstream, to go rafting
to alloy, to fuse together, to merge (of metals)
спла́виться
to raft down, to float down (a river)
to melt together, to fuse, to alloy
верхо́вье
The upper part of the river close to the source
ста́рица
aged nun, female elder, eldress
old woman, aged lady
oxbow lake, old river bed
заре́чный
situated on the other bank of the rive, over the river
донско́й
of the river Don
вя́тка
Vyatka (river)
Vyatka horse, Vyatka pony
речу́шка
(small) river
ре́чушка
'lovely' little river, rivulet
низо́вье
lower reaches, lower course (of a river)
delta
Фонта́нка
Fontanka River
речни́к
river transport worker
заре́чье
part of town, on the other side of the river
Москва-река
moscow-river
Днестр
Dniester River, Dniester
Доне́ц
Donets (river)
у́стьевый
estuarial, estuarine, of the mouth (of a river)
я́уза
Yauza (river in Moscow)
у́стьице
stoma, pore (in a leaf)
small mouth (of a river), small opening, little outlet
аму́рский
Amur, of the Amur River, of the Amur region
Ана́дырь
Anadyr (town)
Anadyr (river)
зарецкий
trans-river, across-the-river, beyond-the-river
зея
Zeya (river)
свирский
of the Svir River, Svir-
of the Svir Monastery, Svir- (monastery)
аксай
Aksai (river)
о́бский
Ob, of the Ob (river)
ордина́р
mean water level, normal water level, ordinary level (of a river)
normal level, standard level, the average
енисе́йский
Yenisei, of the Yenisei River
верхово́й
rider, dispatch rider, up-river
Я́ковка
Yakovka (river)
сунжа
Sunzha (river)
прибре́жный
coastal, littoral, riverside
яр
steep riverbank, ravine, gully
mating season, rut, courtship display
во́лок
portage, overland haul between rivers
во́дник
water-transport worker, inland waterway worker, riverboat man
water sports enthusiast, kayaker, rafter
междуре́чье
country between two rivers
Examples
Дорога идёт параллельно реке́.
The road runs parallel with the river.
Наша шко́ла нахо́дится за реко́й.
Our school is across the river.
Река́ Миссисипи впада́ет в Мексика́нский зали́в.
The Mississippi River flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
Let's go and swim in the river.
Вода в реке́ постепенно поднима́лась.
The river rose by degrees.
Коли́чество рыбы, выловленной в э́той реке́, бы́ло очень мало.
The number of fish caught in this river was very small.
This river is not polluted.
Дом пти́цы - лес, дом рыбы - река́, дом пчелы́ - цвето́к, дом дете́й - Китай. Мы с де́тства любим нашу ро́дину, так же, как пти́чки лю́бят лес, ры́бки лю́бят ре́ку, пчёлки лю́бят цветы́.
The birds' home is in the forest, the fish's home is in the river, the bees' home is in the flowers, and the little children's is in China. We love our motherland from the time we're little, as the birds love the forest, the fish love the river, and the bees love the flowers.
Они постро́или мост через ре́ку.
They built a bridge across the river.
Я смог переплы́ть ре́ку, когда мне бы́ло двенадцать.
I could swim across the river when I was twelve.
Мы с удово́льствием искупа́лись в реке́.
We enjoyed swimming in the river.
The river is frozen over.
Их продвиже́ние бы́ло остановлено широ́кой реко́й.
Their progress was stopped by a wide river.
Мой брат не осме́лился переплы́ть ре́ку.
My brother dared not swim across the river.
Джон прогуля́лся вдоль реки.
John took a walk along the river.
What's the name of this river?
У нас получи́лось переплы́ть ре́ку.
We managed to swim across the river.
I can cross the river by swimming.
Э́ту ре́ку невозможно переплы́ть, она слишком широ́кая!
It's impossible to cross the river by swimming. It's too wide!
Брита́нцы атакова́ли из-за реки.
The British started to attack from across the river.



















