| Russian | English |
| в начале двухтысячных | in the early 2000s |
| в начале двухтысячных | in the early two thousands (Alexander Demidov) |
| двухтысячное поколение | millennials (Millennials (also known as Generation Y) are the demographic cohort following Generation X (mostly in western countries). There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends; demographers and researchers typically use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years. Millennials, who are generally the children of baby boomers and older Gen Xers, are sometimes referred to as "Echo Boomers" due to a major surge in birth rates in the 1980s and 1990s. The 20th-century trend toward smaller families in developed countries continued, however, so the relative impact of the "baby boom echo" was generally less pronounced than the original post–World War II boom. WK Alexander Demidov) |
| двухтысячные годы | two thousands (The decade of the 2000s. WT. by the mid-two thousands/by the mid-two-thousands Alexander Demidov) |
| двухтысячные годы | the two-thousands (Ремедиос_П) |
| двухтысячные годы | the 2000s (The 2000s (pronounced "two-thousands") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009. The growth of the Internet contributed to globalization during the decade, which allowed faster communication among people around the world. WK Alexander Demidov) |
| двухтысячный год | year two thousand (WiseSnake) |
| начало двухтысячных | early noughts (And they are bringing a handful of other R&B favorites from the early noughts with them – by Mike Dionne ('B2K Reunion Tour Brings Early-2000s R&B Stars to Detroit') Tamerlane) |
| начало двухтысячных | early noughties (capricolya) |
| поколение двухтысячных | millennials (Millennials are mostly the children of baby boomers or Gen Xers. Moscowtran) |
| поколение двухтысячных | millennial generation (a term used to refer to the generation, born from 1980 onward, brought up using digital technology and mass media; the children of Baby Boomers; also called Generation Y  dictionary.com Alexander Demidov) |
| поколение двухтысячных | Generation Y (the group of people who were born in the US and Western Europe in the 1980s and early 1990s, who are the first group to become adults using the internet, and who hope to have a good work-life balance (= the amount of time you spend doing your job compared with the amount of time you spend with your family and doing things you enjoy): "Generation Y, the baby boomers' children, will be the most adept ever with emerging technology. CBED Alexander Demidov) |
