Hi, Before I lose again my 19th c lexicon on Russian settlement points, I am happy to send through definitions. There are masses of words for small settlements, settlements for non-locals, outskirt settlements, creeks, GAI - as in Alexander GAI - Ukr. Word for forest/wood/shrubland Little town - apparently Katherinenstadt was bigger than a village but smaller than a town, and known as Gorodok = Little Town(let) There are common nouns for villages with churches and without churches. German colonies were called by Russian 'KOLONOK" Nouns for Manor/Farmstead Houses for Nobles and Non-Nobles. About 6 nouns for a variety of villages. YAR - JAR = steep riverbank / Krasny Yar (Krasnoyar) = Red Steep Riverbank UMET SLABODA Etc... Vera Beljakova-Miller