k-mktr/russian_synodal_ru

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.

Column	Type	Description
translation_id	string	Translation identifier
translation	string	Full translation name
language	string	Language code
book_number	int32	Book number (1-66)
book	string	Book name
book_abbr	string	Book abbreviation
chapter	int32	Chapter number
verse	string	Verse number (may include suffixes like 13a)
verse_number	int32	Numeric part of verse
verse_suffix	string	Verse suffix (e.g. a, b) or null
verse_id	string	Unique verse identifier ({book_abbr}_{chapter}_{verse})
text	string	Verse text

Statistics

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

Usage

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).