Misplaced Pages:Romanization of Russian

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

Abbreviations

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

List of differences from BGN/PCGN

The following rule comes from a text version of the differences and they differ from what is shown in the table. This inconsistency has been mentioned at the talk page. Awaiting fix.

hard sign (ъ) is omitted;

The table shows the Cyrillic characters that are romanized in Misplaced Pages under rules differing from BGN/PCGN romanization of Russian.

Russian spelling	English romanization	Special provision	Examples WP romanization	Examples BGN/PCGN romanization
Е (е)	E (e)	Except in the cases below	Белкин = Belkin
Е (е)	Ye (ye)	In the beginning of words after vowels after ь after ъ	Ельцин = Yeltsin Раздольное = Razdolnoye Юрьев = Yuryev (ь omitted — see ь below) Подъездной = Podyezdnoy	after й: Майер = Mayyer;
Ё (ё)	Yo (yo)		Ёлкино = Yolkino Озёрск = Ozyorsk	Yë (yë) or Ë (ë)
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 Бийск = Biysk
ъ (твёрдый знак)	Omitted	When followed by a vowel	Подъярский = Podyarsky	Подъездной = Pod”yezdnoy
Ы (ы)	Y (y)	Except in an –ый ending (see below)	Ытык-Кюёль = Ytyk-Kyuyol Давыдов = Davydov
ь (мягкий знак)	Omitted	When followed by an iotated vowel (я, е, ё, ю) at the end of words before a consonant	Усолье = Usolye Выхухоль = Vykhukhol Дальнегорск = Dalnegorsk	Тюмень = Tyumen’
ь (мягкий знак)	y	When followed by a non-iotated vowel (а, э, ы, и, о, у)	Ильинский = Ilyinsky	Тюмень = Tyumen’
–ый endings	-y		Красный = Krasny	Krasnyy
–ий endings	-y	-ий endings in adjectives of Russian origin become -y. Counter example: Ryrkaypiy (Рыркайпий), is a noun and of none-Russian origin.	Синий = Siny; Veliky	Siniy; Velikiy

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List of differences from BGN/PCGN

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