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The following table describes a method to derive the most common informal transcriptions of Russian names into the Latin alphabet, suitable for English-speakers. It is a modification of BGN/PCGN transliteration, with several exceptions.
| Russian spelling |
English transliteration |
Special provision | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| А (а) | A (a) | None | Аник = Anik Поганкино = Pogankino |
| Б (б) | B (b) | None | Болотин = Bolotin Колбасин = Kolbasin |
| В (в) | V (v) | None | Воронин = Voronin Привалин = Privalin |
| Г (г) | G (g) | None | Галкин = Galkin Луговой = Lugovoy |
| H (h) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Петергоф = Peterhof | |
| Д (д) | D (d) | None | Дровяное = Drovyanoye Подгорск = Podgorsk |
| Е (е) | Ye (ye) |
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| E (e) | All other cases | Белкин = Belkin | |
| Ё (ё) | Yo (yo) | None | Ёлкино = Yolkino Озёрск = Ozyorsk |
| E (e) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Горбачёв = Gorbachev | |
| Ж (ж) | Zh (zh) | None | Жиров = Zhirov Приволжское = Privolzhskoye |
| З (з) | Z (z) | None | Зорин = Zorin Обозов = Obozov |
| И (и) | I (i) | Except in an –ий ending (see below) | Иркутск = Irkutsk Владивосток = Vladivostok |
| Й (й) | Y (y) | Except in –ый and –ий endings (see below) | Йошкар-Ола = Yoshkar-Ola Буйск = Buysk |
| I (i) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Край = Krai Байкал = Baikal | |
| J (j) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | ||
| К (к) | K (k) | None | Киров = Kirov Галкин = Galkin |
| Л (л) | L (l) | None | Лапинск = Lapinsk Комсомольск = Komsomolsk |
| М (м) | M (m) | None | Мичурин = Michurin Колыма = Kolyma |
| Н (н) | N (n) | None | Нальчик = Nalchik Савино = Savino |
| О (о) | O (o) | None | Оха = Okha Грозный = Grozny |
| П (п) | P (p) | None | Петроград = Petrograd Ставрополь = Stavropol |
| Р (р) | R (r) | None | Родниковое = Rodnikovoye Высокогорск = Vysokogorsk |
| С (с) | S (s) | None | Ступино = Stupino Бирск = Birsk |
| Т (т) | T (t) | None | Тавричанка = Tavrichanka Ростов = Rostov |
| У (у) | U (u) | None | Улетайск = Uletaysk Шушенское = Shushenskoye |
| Ф (ф) | F (f) | None | Фёдоровка = Fyodorovka Корфу = Korfu |
| Ph (ph) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Иосиф Сталин = Joseph Stalin | |
| Х (х) | Kh (kh) | None | Хабаровск = Khabarovsk Оха = Okha |
| Ц (ц) | Ts (ts) | None | Царское = Tsarskoye Зарецкий = Zaretsky |
| Ч (ч) | Ch (ch) | None | Черемшаны = Cheremshany Зареченск = Zarechensk |
| Tch (tch) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Чайковский = Tchaikovsky | |
| Ш (ш) | Sh (sh) | None | Шадрин = Shadrin Моршанск = Morshansk |
| Щ (щ) | Shch (shch) | None | Щукино = Shchukino Рощинский = Roshchinsky |
| Sch (sch) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Хрущёв = Khruschev | |
| ъ (твёрдый знак) | Omitted | When followed by a vowel | Подъярский = Podyarsky |
| " | When it is a commonly accepted convention | ||
| Ы (ы) | Y (y) | Except in an –ый ending (see below) | Ыттык-Кёль = Yttyk-Kyol Давыдов = Davydov |
| ь (мягкий знак) | Omitted |
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| y | When followed by a non-iotated vowel | Ильинский = Ilyinsky | |
| ' | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Русь = Rus' | |
| Э (э) | E (e) | None | Элиста = Elista Тетраэдральный = Tetraedralny |
| Ю (ю) | Yu (yu) | None | Южный = Yuzhny Козючинск = Kozyuchinsk |
| Я (я) | Ya (ya) | None | Ярославль = Yaroslavl Бурянск = Buryansk |
| Кс (кс) | x | In names like Alexander and Alexey (sometimes) | Александр = Alexander Алексей = Alexey |
| Ks (ks) | In all other cases | Ксинск = Ksinsk Моксинский = Moksinsky | |
| –ый endings | y | None | Красный = Krasny |
| iy | When it is a commonly accepted convention | ||
| –ий endings | y | –iy is also acceptable | Синий = Siny (Siniy) |
| iy | –y is also acceptable | Великий = Velikiy (Veliky) | |
| i | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Юрий = Yuri |