Taxi Vocabulary – How to order taxi in Russian

This article is full of useful phrases on how to order a taxi, how to communicate with the taxi driver, etc.

Applications like Uber are getting more and more popular in Russia and other Russian speaking countries. However, it’s still very common to order a taxi by calling a taxi agency number.

People usually have a couple or more taxi numbers saved in their phones. It’s typical that your friend gives a number to you saying: “Hey, use this number, these are good.” 🙂

Below, I have put together a few useful phrases, both the ones that you should use and the ones that you should expect from the other side (the agency operator, the taxi driver, etc).

Taxi Order – Заказ

So, you start by calling the number. An agency operator answers the phone.

They will ask you for your starting point:

Куда подать машину? – Where do you want me to send the car?

Где вы находитесь? – Where are you?

Or you can start the conversation straight away by saying:

Здравствуйте, я нахожусь (по адресу) … – Hello, I’m now at …

Можно машину на ближайшее время по адресу … ? – Can you please send me a car at … ?