Russian
letter |
Romanization |
Special provision |
Examples |
| А (а) | A (a) | None |
Азов = Azov
Тамбов = Tambov |
| Б (б) | B (b) | None |
Барнаул = Barnaul
Кубань = Kubanʼ |
| В (в) | V (v) | None |
Владимир = Vladimir
Ульяновск = Ulʼyanovsk |
| Г (г) | G (g) | None |
Грозный = Groznyy
Волгодонск = Volgodonsk |
| Д (д) | D (d) | None |
Дзержинский = Dzerzhinskiy
Нелидово = Nelidovo |
| Е (е) | Ye (ye) |
- Word-initially;
- after vowels;
- after й;
- after ь;
- after ъ.
|
- Елизово = Yelizovo
- Чапаевск = Chapayevsk;
- Мейеровка = Meyyerovka;
- Юрьев = Yurʼyev;
- Объезд = Obˮyezd.
|
| E (e) | All other cases |
Белкино = Belkino |
| Ё (ё) | Yë (yë) |
- Word-initially;
- after vowels;
- after й;
- after ь;
- after ъ.
|
- Ёдва = Yëdva;
- Змииёвка = Zmiiyëvka;
- Айёган = Ayyëgan;
- Воробьёво = Vorobʼyëvo;
- Кебанъёль = Kebanˮyëlʼ.
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| Ë (ë) | All other cases |
Озёрный = Ozërnyy |
| Ж (ж) | Zh (zh) | None |
Жуков = Zhukov
Лужники = Luzhniki |
| З (з) | Z (z) | None |
Звенигород = Zvenigorod
Вязьма = Vyazʼma |
| И (и) | I (i) | None |
Иркутск = Irkutsk
Апатиты = Apatity |
| Й (й) | Y· (y·) |
Before а, у, ы, or э. Used primarily for romanization of non-Russian-language names from Russian spelling. The use of this digraph is optional. |
Тыайа = Ty·ay·a
Сайылык = Say·ylyk
Ойусардах = Oy·usardakh |
| Y (y) | All other cases |
Йошкар-Ола = Yoshkar-Ola
Бийск = Biysk |
| К (к) | K (k) | None |
Киров = Kirov
Енисейск = Yeniseysk |
| Л (л) | L (l) | None |
Ломоносов = Lomonosov
Нелидово = Nelidovo |
| М (м) | M (m) | None |
Менделеев = Mendeleyev
Каменка = Kamenka |
| Н (н) | N (n) | None |
Новосибирск = Novosibirsk
Кандалакша = Kandalaksha |
| О (о) | O (o) | None |
Омск = Omsk
Красноярск = Krasnoyarsk |
| П (п) | P (p) | None |
Петрозаводск = Petrozavodsk
Серпухов = Serpukhov |
| Р (р) | R (r) | None |
Ростов = Rostov
Северобайкальск = Severobaykalʼsk |
| С (с) | S (s) | None |
Сковородино = Skovorodino
Чайковский = Chaykovskiy |
| Т (т) | T (t) | None |
Тамбов = Tambov
Мытищи = Mytishchi |
| У (у) | U (u) | None |
Углич = Uglich
Дудинка = Dudinka |
| Ф (ф) | F (f) | None |
Фурманов = Furmanov
Уфа = Ufa |
| Х (х) | Kh (kh) | None |
Хабаровск = Khabarovsk
Прохладный = Prokhladnyy |
| Ц (ц) | Ts (ts) | None |
Цимлянск = Tsimlyansk
Елец = Yelets |
| Ч (ч) | Ch (ch) | None |
Чебоксары = Cheboksary
Печора = Pechora |
| Ш (ш) | Sh (sh) | None |
Шахтёрск = Shakhtërsk
Мышкин = Myshkin |
| Щ (щ) | Shch (shch) | None |
Щёлково = Shchëlkovo
Ртищево = Rtishchevo |
| Ъ (ъ) | ˮ | This letter does not occur at the beginning of a word. |
Куыркъявр = Ku·yrkˮyavr |
| Ы (ы) | Y· (y·) |
Before а, у, ы, or э. Used primarily for romanization of non-Russian-language names from Russian spelling. The use of this digraph is optional. |
Ыгыатта = Ygy·atta
Тыайа = Ty·ay·a
Тыэкан = Ty·ekan |
| ·y | After any vowel. Used primarily for romanization of non-Russian-language names from Russian spelling. The use of this digraph is optional. |
Суык-Су = Su·yk-Su
Куыркъявр = Ku·yrkˮyavr |
| Y (y) | All other cases. This letter does not occur at the beginning of words of Russian origin. |
Ыттык-Кюёль = Yttyk-Kyuyëlʼ
Тында = Tynda |
| Ь (ь) | ʼ | This letter does not occur at the beginning of a word. |
Тюмень = Tyumenʼ |
| Э (э) | ·e |
After any consonant except й. Used primarily for romanization of non-Russian-language names from Russian spelling. The use of this digraph is optional. |
Улан-Удэ = Ulan-Ud·e |
| E (e) | All other cases |
Электрогорск = Elektrogorsk
Руэм = Ruem |
| Ю (ю) | Yu (yu) | None |
Юбилейный = Yubileynyy
Ключевская = Klyuchevskaya |
| Я (я) | Ya (ya) | None |
Якутск = Yakut·sk
Брянск = Bryansk |
| Тс (тс) | T·s (t·s) | Used primarily for romanization of non-Russian-language names from Russian spelling. The use of this digraph is optional. |
Вяртсиля = Vyart·silya |
| Шч (шч) | Sh·ch (sh·ch) | Used primarily for romanization of non-Russian-language names from Russian spelling. The use of this digraph is optional. |
Ташчишма = Tash·chishma |