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

Russian
spelling
English Misplaced Pages
romanization
Special provision Examples WP romanization Examples BGN/PCGN romanization
Е (е) E (e) Except in the cases below Белкин = Belkin
Ye (ye)
  1. In the beginning of words
  2. after vowels
  3. after ь
  4. after ъ
  1. Ельцин = Yeltsin
  2. Раздольное = Razdolnoye
  3. Юрьев = Yuryev (ь omitted — see ь below)
  4. Подъездной = Podyezdnoy
after й: Майер = Mayyer;
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 an "iotated vowel" Подъярский = Podyarsky Подъездной = Podyezdnoy
y When followed by a non-iotated vowel, (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 -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

See also

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