subsist russian

• прокорми́ться

  subsist, live

• пробавля́ться

  subsist, rub along, make do

• пропита́ние

  subsistence

  daily bread, food

• ни́щенство

  (bookish) begging/collection of alms by the poor as a means of subsistence

• су́точные

  per diem subsistence allowance

• пита́ющийся

  feeding, eating, subsisting on, nourished by

• пробавля́вшийся

  making a living, getting by, subsisting