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Russian-English Transliteration

The recommended Russian-English transliteration system (known as BGN/PCGN) is as follows:

а          a

з          z

о          o

х          kh

ь          ’

б          b

и          i

п          p

ц          ts

э          e

в          v

й          y

р          r

ч          ch

ю         yu

г          g

к          k

с          s

ш         sh

я          ya

д          d

л          l

т          t

щ         shch

 

е          ye, e*

м         m

у          u

ъ          ”

 

ж         zh

н          n

ф         f

ы         y

 

* Notes: 1. For е, ye is used initially, after a vowel, й, ъ or ь.; e is used in all other cases.
Examples: Yel-tsin, She-re-met'-ye-vo.
2. ё is normally replaced with е in Russian technical writing. When it is absolutely necessary to retain this distinction, BGN/PCGN recommends Umlaut (see link below)

Commonly accepted representation of Russian endings is as follows:

ий        iy

ее         eye

ая        aya

ия        iya

ые         yye

ой        oy

ое        oye

яя        yaya

ие,       iye

 

See also BGN/PCGN recommendations: http://transliteration.eki.ee/pdf/Russian.pdf

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