- monk الراهب: A member of a religious order
- religious order – النظام الديني: group of monks who work and live together
- Cyrillic alphabet الأبجدية السيريلية: Slavic language invented by the monks
- ceremony الاحتفال: a special event
- isolated معزولة: alone
- Eastern Orthodox الأرثوذكس الشرقية: official language of Russia in 989 A.D.
- Kiev كييف: old capital of Russia; important trade city
- prince الأمير: a male ruler (usually son of a king)
- boyar بويار: A Russian noble who owned land.
- Veche فيش: Russian assembly for adult men
- unify توحيد: to bring together (unite)
- Mongol المنغول: somebody from Mongolia
- Moscow موسكو: the capital of Russia today
- symbol الرمز: a sign to represent something
- Kremlin الكرملين: the center of the Russian church and Russian government
- palace القصر: a large beautiful building
- czar (zar) سزار: Russian ruler; it means “Caesar”
- terrible فظيعة: mean, awful, and cruel
9.2 Vocabulary
