diff --git a/zoom.gedit-plugin b/zoom.gedit-plugin
index 7c50613..d9005a4 100644
--- a/zoom.gedit-plugin
+++ b/zoom.gedit-plugin
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ Name=Zoom
 Name[de]=Zoom
 Name[de_CH]=Zoom
 Name[de_LI]=Zoom
+Name[ru]=Масштаб
 Description=Adds the ability to change the text size
 Description[de]=Ermöglicht ein schnelles Verändern der Testgröße
 Description[de_CH]=Ermöglicht ein schnelles Verändern der Testgrösse
 Description[de_LI]=Ermöglicht ein schnelles Verändern der Testgrösse
+Description[ru]=Позволяет увеличивать и уменьшать размер текста
 Icon=stock_chart-scale-text
 Authors=Christian Luginbühl <dinkel@pimprecords.com>
 Copyright=Copyright © 2010 Christian Luginbühl
diff --git a/zoom/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po b/zoom/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0753fb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zoom/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Russian translations for gedit-zoom package.
+# Copyright (C) 2010 Christian Luginbühl
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the gedit-zoom package.
+# Pavlovsky Jury <disfated@gmail.com>, 2010.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: gedit-zoom 0.2.1\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: dinkel@pimprecords.com\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2010-10-07 14:07+0600\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2010-10-07 14:07+0600\n"
+"Last-Translator: Pavlovsky Jury <disfated@gmail.com>\n"
+"Language-Team: Russian\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=3; plural=(n%10==1 && n%100!=11 ? 0 : n%10>=2 && n%"
+"10<=4 && (n%100<10 || n%100>=20) ? 1 : 2);\n"
+
+#: zoom/window_helper.py:84 zoom/window_helper.py:85
+msgid "_Zoom"
+msgstr "Мас_штаб"
+
+#: zoom/window_helper.py:89 zoom/window_helper.py:90
+msgid "Zoom _In"
+msgstr "У_величить"
+
+#: zoom/window_helper.py:95 zoom/window_helper.py:96
+msgid "Zoom _Out"
+msgstr "У_меньшить"
+
+#: zoom/window_helper.py:101 zoom/window_helper.py:102
+msgid "_Reset"
+msgstr "С_бросить"