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Index of Russian Dates & Calendar Terms

In order to find and use specific types of Russian records, resarchers need to be able to identify and understand some key terms in the Russian language. This glossary contains terms relating to dates, time and calendars in Imperial Russia, transliterated from Russian, along with their English translations. Theterms included here are those that you are likely to find in Russian genealogical sources.

Kirchenkalender.com - Feiertage im deutschen Kirchenjahr von 900 bis heute / Holidays in the German church year from 900 to today

This is an interactive German church calendar. Select the year and it will tell you one what days various feast days occurred. Sometimes events in church records are stated by the feast day (or number of Sundays after a feast day). This website will help determine the exact calendar date.