This book is the first experience of creating a dictionary on Russian wooden construction . The main source for the collection of material was the Catalogue of the dictionary of Russian dialects of Karelia, collected during the dialectical expeditions of 1964-1979 .. and the author's trips to Karelia, Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Murmansk, Leningrad, Novgorod and other regions . In addition, the dictionary includes materials of linguistic and ethnological literature .. Chronological coverage - from the second half of the 18th c. Currently . The dictionary contains more than 6,000 terms of Russian peasant construction with a detailed development of meanings, indicating geography and literary sources. The book is intended for linguists, local historians, architects and students of various humanitarian specialties .