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Russian Synodal Bible (1876) Description The Russian Synodal Bible (Синодальный перевод) is the official translation of the Bible into Russian, authorized by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. The translation was completed in 1876, with the New Testament published earlier in 1862. It was translated from the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts by a team of scholars from the Russian Orthodox Church and theological academies. The Synodal Bible… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/k-mktr/russian_synodal_ru.

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Russian Synodal Bible (1876)

Description

The Russian Synodal Bible (Синодальный перевод) is the official translation of the Bible into Russian, authorized by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. The translation was completed in 1876, with the New Testament published earlier in 1862. It was translated from the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts by a team of scholars from the Russian Orthodox Church and theological academies. The Synodal Bible remains the most widely used Russian Bible translation, serving as the standard for both Orthodox and Protestant communities in Russia and throughout the Russian-speaking world. It includes the Orthodox canon (77 books).

Dataset Structure

Each row represents one Bible verse.

ColumnTypeDescription
translation_idstringTranslation identifier
translationstringFull translation name
languagestringLanguage code
book_numberint32Book number (1-66)
bookstringBook name
book_abbrstringBook abbreviation
chapterint32Chapter number
versestringVerse number (may include suffixes like 13a)
verse_numberint32Numeric part of verse
verse_suffixstringVerse suffix (e.g. a, b) or null
verse_idstringUnique verse identifier ({book_abbr}_{chapter}_{verse})
textstringVerse text

Statistics

  • Books: 66
  • Verses: 31169
  • Language: Russian
  • Format: Parquet (ZSTD compressed)
  • File size: 2.79 MB

Usage

python
from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("k-mktr/russian_synodal_ru", split="train")
print(dataset[0])
# {'translation_id': 'russian_synodal_ru', 'book': '...', 'chapter': 1, 'verse': '1', 'text': '...'}

License

Public domain (first published 1876, copyright expired).