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The Misplaced Pages romanization of Russian is a modification of the BGN/PCGN romanization of Russian, it is used in the English Misplaced Pages and suitable for Anglophones.

Abbreviations are usually romanized with capitalization as indicated, e.g., ДШК = DShK.

List of differences between enWP and BGN/PCGN

Russian
spelling
English Misplaced Pages
romanization
Special provision Examples WP romanization Examples BGN/PCGN romanization
Йе (йe) Ye (ye) Майер = Mayer after й: Майер = Mayyer;
ъ (твёрдый знак) Omitted When followed by an iotated vowel (я, е, ё, ю) Подъярский = Podyarsky Подъездной = Podyezdnoy
y When followed by a non-iotated vowel (а, э, ы, и, о, у) (Мусийкъонгийкоте→Musiykyongiykote Musiykongiykote
Ы (ы) Y (y) Except in an –ый ending (see below) Ытык-Кюёль = Ytyk-Kyuyol
Давыдов = Davydov
ь (мягкий знак) Omitted
  1. When followed by an iotated vowel (я, е, ё, ю)
  2. at the end of words
  3. before a consonant
  1. Усолье = Usolye
  2. Выхухоль = Vykhukhol
  3. Дальнегорск = Dalnegorsk
Тюмень = Tyumen’
y When followed by a non-iotated vowel (а, э, ы, и, о, у) Ильинский = Ilyinsky
–ый endings -y Красный = Krasny Krasnyy
–ий endings -y A -ий ending in names of people and adjectives of Russian origin becomes -y.

Counter example: Ryrkaypiy (Рыркайпий), is a noun and of non-Russian origin. Also, the proper name Дми́трий is Dmitri as least as often as Dmitry.

Синий = Siny; Veliky Siniy; Velikiy

See also

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