How many words are in this list?

This page gives 100 Russian words on “Environment and ecology”. The full topic holds 143 in the KoKo app: 53 at the easy level, 59 at the medium level and 31 at the hard level.

Which words should I start with?

With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.

How can I remember this Russian vocabulary?

By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Russian vocabulary: environment

Climate, pollution, recycling, renewable energy: environment and ecology vocabulary in Russian.

Here are 100 Russian words on “Environment and ecology”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 37 words

Russian	English
воздух	air
качество воздуха	air quality
климат	climate
уголь	coal
сельскохозяйственная культура	crop
плотина	dam
катастрофа	disaster
питьевая вода	drinking water
Земля	Earth
электричество	electricity
выброс	emission
энергия	energy
ферма	farm
сельское хозяйство	farming
поле	field
лес	forest
урожай	harvest
природа	nature
атомная энергетика	nuclear power
пластик	plastic
загрязнение	pollution
демонстрация	protest
ресурс	resource
мусор	rubbish
бывший в употреблении	second hand
почва	soil
солнечная энергия	solar energy
устойчивый	sustainable
устойчивое развитие	sustainable development
ограничивать	to limit
сохранять	to preserve
защищать	to protect
сокращать	to reduce
экономить	to save
потепление	warming
отходы	wasteRubbish, residue
лесной пожар	wildfire

Level 2: medium 41 words

Russian	English
активист	activist
углеродный баланс	carbon assessment
углекислый газ	carbon dioxide
углеродный след	carbon footprint
углеродная компенсация	carbon offsetting
экономика замкнутого цикла	circular economy
климатическое соглашение	climate agreement
компост	compost
засуха	drought
экологический след	ecological footprint
экология	ecology
экосистема	ecosystem
удобрение	fertiliser
ископаемое топливо	fossil fuel
парниковый эффект	greenhouse effect
парниковый газ	greenhouse gas
гидроэнергетика	hydro power
интенсивное сельское хозяйство	intensive farming
орошение	irrigation
свалка	landfill
световое загрязнение	light pollution
стихийное бедствие	natural disaster
шумовое загрязнение	noise pollution
разлив нефти	oil spill
санкция	penalty
электросеть	power grid
квота	quota
переработка	recycling
устойчивость	resilience
повышение уровня моря	rising sea levels
сортировка отходов	sorting
собирать урожай	to harvest
компенсировать	to offset
привлекать внимание	to raise awareness
сортировать	to sort
растрачивать	to waste
расточительство	wasteSquandering, excessive use
сточные воды	waste water
очистка сточных вод	water treatment
экологический коридор	wildlife corridor
ноль отходов	zero waste

Level 3: hard 22 words

Russian	English
биомасса	biomass
углеродная нейтральность	carbon neutrality
опустынивание	desertification
мелкодисперсная частица	fine particle
умеренность	frugality
геотермальная энергия	geothermal energy
таяние льдов	ice melt
сжигание отходов	incineration
захоронение отходов	landfilling
метан	methane
микропластик	microplastic
пермакультура	permaculture
запланированное устаревание	planned obsolescence
браконьерство	poaching
опылитель	pollinator
лесовосстановление	reforestation
ремонтопригодность	repairability
очистные сооружения	sewage plant
теплоизоляция	thermal insulation
компостировать	to compost
водно-болотное угодье	wetland
разоблачитель	whistleblower

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Frequently asked questions

How many words are in this list?: This page gives 100 Russian words on “Environment and ecology”. The full topic holds 143 in the KoKo app: 53 at the easy level, 59 at the medium level and 31 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?: With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Russian vocabulary?: By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.