| Russian letter or letter combination |
English transliteration |
Special provisions |
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
|
| Д (д) |
D (d) |
None |
Дровяное = Drovyanoye
Подгорск = Podgorsk
|
| 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 line
below);
- Подъездной = Podyezdnoy
|
| 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 |
| J (j) |
When it is a commonly accepted convention |
[Insert an example] |
| 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 |
Одесса = Odessa
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 |
[Insert an example] |
| ъ (твёрдый знак) |
omitted |
When followed by е |
Подъездной = Podyezdnoy |
| y |
When followed by a vowel other than е |
Подъярский = Podyyarsky |
| " |
When it is a commonly accepted convention |
[Insert an example] |
| Ы (ы) |
Y (y) |
Except in an -ый ending (see below) |
Ыттык-Кёль; = Yttyk-Kyol
Давыдов = Davydov
|
| ь (мягкий знак) |
omitted |
- When followed by е;
- at the end of words;
- before a consonant
|
- Усолье = Usolye
- Выхухоль = Vykhukhol
- Дальнегорск = Dalnegorsk
|
| y |
When followed by a vowel other than е |
Ильинский = Ilyinsky |
| ' |
When it is a commonly accepted convention |
[Insert an example] |
| Э (э) |
E (e) |
None |
Элиста = Elista
Тетраэдральный =
Tetraedralny
|
| Ю (ю) |
Yu (yu) |
None |
Юрмала = Yurmala
Козючинск = Kozyuchinsk
|
| Я (я) |
Ya (ya) |
None |
Ярославль = Yaroslavl
Бурянск = Buryansk
|
| Кс (кс) |
x |
In names like Alexander and Alexey |
Александр = Alexander
Алексей = Alexey
|
| Ks (ks) |
In all other cases |
Моксинский = Moksinsky
Ксинск = Ksinsk
|
| -ий and -ый endings |
iy, y, |
i, for some proper names when it is conventional |
Красный = Krasny
|
