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==Transliteration table== {{sticky header}} {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="text-align:center;" summary="Table of Cyrillic Russian letters, and their Latin transliterations in seven transliteration systems." class="Unicode wikitable sortable sticky-header" |+ Common systems for romanizing Russian |- valign="top" style="background:silver;" !scope="col" colspan=2 | Cyrillic ! Variants !scope="col" width="7%" title="Traditional Scientific Transliteration"| Scholarly<br/> <ref>{{cite book|last=Lunt|first=Horace Grey|title=Old Church Slavonic Grammar|edition=7|year=2001|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|location=Berlin, New York|pages=17–18|isbn=3-11-016284-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7BXJgfIo_fYC&pg=PA17|access-date=2015-10-11|archive-date=2016-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430200721/https://books.google.com/books?id=7BXJgfIo_fYC&pg=PA17|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Timberlake|first=Alan|title=A Reference Grammar of Russian|location=New York|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2004|isbn=9780521772921|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-VFNWqXxRoMC&pg=PA25|access-date=2015-10-11|archive-date=2016-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428131412/https://books.google.com/books?id=-VFNWqXxRoMC&pg=PA25|url-status=live}}</ref> !scope="col" width="7%" title="ISO Scientific Transliteration (1968);"| ISO/R 9:1968 !scope="col" width="7%" title="GOST 16876-71, table 1 (with diacritics), 1971; United Nations Geographic Names"| GOST 16876-71(1);<br/>UNGEGN (1987) !scope="col" width="7%" title="GOST 16876-71, table 2 (diacritic-free), 1971"| GOST 16876-71(2) !scope="col" width="7%" title="ISO Scientific Transliteration (1995); GOST 7.79-2000, system A (with diacritics), 2002"| ISO 9:1995; GOST 7.79-2000(A) !scope="col" width="7%" title="GOST 7.79-2000, system B (with digraphs), 2002"| GOST 7.79-2000(B) !scope="col" width="7%" title="GOST R 52290-2004"| Road<br />signs !scope="col" width="7%" title="American Library Association – Library of Congress"| ALA-LC !scope="col" width="7%" title="British Standard 2979:1958"| BS 2979:1958 !scope="col" width="7%" title="United States Board on Geographic Names/Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use"| BGN/PCGN !scope="col" width="7%" title="Order of the MIA of the Russian Federation No. 310 (1997)"| Passport (1997) !scope="col" width="7%" title="Order of the FMS of the Russian Federation No. 26 (2010)"| Passport (2010) {{anchor|2010–2013}} !scope="col" width="7%" title="Order of the FMS of the Russian Federation No. 320 (2013), International Civil Aviation Organization"| Passport (2013), ICAO |- ! А !! а | a | a || a || a || a || a || a || a || a || a || a || a || a || a |- ! Б !! б | b | b || b || b || b || b || b || b || b || b || b || b || b || b |- ! В !! в | v | v || v || v || v || v || v || v || v || v || v || v || v || v |- ! Г !! г | g | g || g || g || g || g || g || g || g || g || g || g || g || g |- ! Д !! д | d | d || d || d || d || d || d || d || d || d || d || d || d || d |- ! Е !! е | e, ye | e || e || e || e || e || e || e (ye){{efn|group="table"|1=е = ''ye'' initially, after vowels, and after ъ and ь.}} || e || e || e (ye){{efn|group="table"|name="BGNPCGN"|1=The [[digraph (orthography)|digraphs]] ''ye'' and ''yë'' are used to indicate [[iotation]] at the beginning of a word, after vowels, and after й, ъ or ь.}} || e (ye){{efn|group="table"|name="ye"|1=ye after ь.}} || e || e |- ! Ё !! ё | ë, jo, yo, ye, yë | ë || ë || ë || jo || ë || yo || e (ye, yo){{efn|group="table"|1=ё := ''ye'' after consonants except ч, ш, щ, ж (''ch, sh, shch, zh''); := ''e'' after ч, ш, щ, ж (''ch, sh, shch, zh''); := ''yo'' initially, after vowels, and after ъ and ь.}} || ë || ë{{efn|group="table"|name="diacritic"|Diacritics may be omitted when back-transliteration is not required.}} || ë (yë){{efn|group="table"|name="BGNPCGN"}} || e (ye){{efn|group="table"|name="ye"}} || e || e |- ! Ж !! ж | ž, zh | ž || ž || ž || zh || ž || zh || zh || zh || zh || zh || zh || zh || zh |- ! З !! з | z | z || z || z || z || z || z || z || z || z || z || z || z || z |- ! И !! и | i | i || i || i || i || i || i || i || i || i || i || i || i || i |- ! Й !! й | j, y, ĭ, i | j || j || j || j (jj){{efn|group="table"|1=''jj'' is accepted if reverse transliteration is needed}} || j || j || y || ĭ || ĭ{{efn|group="table"|name="diacritic"}} || y{{efn|group="table"|name="dot"|1= An optional [[middle dot]] (·) may be used to signify: * non-digraphs (тс = ''t·s'', шч = ''sh·ch''); * ''y·'' = й before а, у, ы, э (йа = ''y·a'', йу = ''y·u'', йы = ''y·y'', йэ = ''y·e''); * ''y·'' = ы before а, у, ы, э (ыа = ''y·a'', ыу = ''y·u'', ыы = ''y·y'', ыэ = ''y·e''); * ''·y'' = ы after vowels; * ''·e'' = э after consonants except й.}} || y{{efn|group="table"|1=ий is either ''iy'' or ''y'', and ый is either ''y'' or ''yy''.}} || i || i |- ! К !! к | k | k || k || k || k || k || k || k || k || k || k || k || k || k |- ! Л !! л | l | l || l || l || l || l || l || l || l || l || l || l || l || l |- ! М !! м | m | m || m || m || m || m || m || m || m || m || m || m || m || m |- ! Н !! н | n | n || n || n || n || n || n || n || n || n || n || n || n || n |- ! О !! о | o | o || o || o || o || o || o || o || o || o || o || o || o || o |- ! П !! п | p | p || p || p || p || p || p || p || p || p || p || p || p || p |- ! Р !! р | r | r || r || r || r || r || r || r || r || r || r || r || r || r |- ! С !! с | s | s || s || s || s || s || s || s || s || s{{efn|group="table"|name="t-s"|1=тс is romanized ''t-s'' to distinguish it from ц = ''ts''.}} || s || s || s || s |- ! Т !! т | t | t || t || t || t || t || t || t || t || t{{efn|group="table"|name="t-s"}} || t || t || t || t |- ! У !! у | u | u || u || u || u || u || u || u || u || u || u || u || u || u |- ! Ф !! ф | f | f || f || f || f || f || f || f || f || f || f || f || f || f |- ! Х !! х | x, h, kh, ch | x (ch) || ch || h || kh || h || x || kh || kh || kh || kh || kh || kh || kh |- ! Ц !! ц | c, cz, ts, t͡s, tc | c || c || c || c || c || cz (c){{efn|group="table"|1=It is recommended to use ''c'' before ''i, e, y, j'', but ''cz'' in all other cases.}} || ts || t͡s || ts{{efn|group="table"|name="t-s"}} || ts{{efn|group="table"|name="dot"|1= An optional [[middle dot]] (·) may be used to signify: * non-digraphs (тс = ''t·s'', шч = ''sh·ch''); * ''y·'' = й before а, у, ы, э (йа = ''y·a'', йу = ''y·u'', йы = ''y·y'', йэ = ''y·e''); * ''y·'' = ы before а, у, ы, э (ыа = ''y·a'', ыу = ''y·u'', ыы = ''y·y'', ыэ = ''y·e''); * ''·y'' = ы after vowels; * ''·e'' = э after consonants except й.}} || ts || tc || ts |- ! Ч !! ч | č, ch | č || č || č || ch || č || ch || ch || ch || ch || ch || ch || ch || ch |- ! Ш !! ш | š, sh | š || š || š || sh || š || sh || sh || sh || sh || sh || sh || sh || sh |- ! Щ !! щ | ŝ, šč, shch, shh | šč, ŝ || šč || ŝ || shh || ŝ || shh || shch || shch || shch || shch{{efn|group="table"|name="dot"}} || shch || shch || shch |- ! Ъ !! ъ{{efn|group="table"|name="all"|1=Unicode recommends encoding the primes used for the soft and hard signs as {{unichar|2b9}} and {{unichar|2ba}},<!-- which may be entered with {{tl|softsign}} and {{tl|hardsign}},--> and the apostrophes for the same as the [[modifier letter apostrophe]]s, {{unichar|2bc}} and {{unichar|2ee}}.}} | ʺ, {{hamza}}, ˮ, ", ie | <!-- These are U+02BA-->ʺ || ʺ || ʺ || ʺ || ʺ || ʺ || {{hamza}} || ʺ{{efn|group="table"|1=Before the 2012 revision of the table, ъ was not romanized at the end of a word. Since that date, it is always romanized.}} || ˮ<!-- U+02EE--> (<!--or loosely -->"){{efn|group="table"|1=ъ is not romanized at the end of a word.}} || ˮ<!-- U+02EE--> || ʺ<!-- U+02BA-->|| {{n/a|–}} || ie |- ! Ы !! ы | y, y', ȳ, ui | y || y || y || y || y || y' || y || y || ȳ (ui){{efn|group="table"|1=The British Library uses ы = ''ui'', ый = ''uy''.}} || y{{efn|group="table"|name="dot"}} || y || y || y |- ! Ь !! ь{{efn|group="table"|name="all"}} | ʹ, {{hamza}}, ' | <!-- These are U+02B9-->ʹ || ʹ || ʹ || ʹ || ʹ || ʹ || {{hamza}} || ʹ || {{hamza}} (<!--or loosely -->'<!--ASCII-->) || {{hamza}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Э !! э | ė, è, eh, e, é | è || è || ė || eh || è || e' || e || ė || é{{efn|group="table"|name="diacritic"}} || e{{efn|group="table"|name="dot"}} || e || e || e |- ! Ю !! ю | û, yu, ju, i͡u, iu | ju, û || ju || ju || ju || û || yu || yu || i͡u || yu || yu || yu || iu || iu |- ! Я !! я | â, ya, ja, i͡a, ia | ja, â || ja || ja || ja || â || ya || ya || i͡a || ya || ya || ya || ia || ia |- !scope="rowgroup" colspan="16" style="background:silver;"| Pre-1918 letters |- ! І !! і | i, ì, ī, i' | i || i || i || {{n/a|—}} || ì || i (i'){{efn|group="table"|1=In GOST 7.79-2000 Cyrillic ''і'' in [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] and [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] is always transliterated as Latin ''i'' as well as in Old Russian and Old Bulgarian texts where it is usually used before vowels. In the rare case that it falls before a consonant (for example, in the word міръ), it is transliterated with an apostrophe ''i{{'}}''.}} || {{n/a|—}} || ī || ī || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Ѳ !! ѳ | f, ḟ, f̀, fh, th | f (th){{efn|group="table"|name="Scholarly"|1=Some archaic letters are transcribed in different ways.}} || ḟ || ḟ || {{n/a|—}} || f̀ || fh || {{n/a|—}} || ḟ || ḟ || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Ѣ !! ѣ | ě, ê, ye, i͡e | ě || ě || ě || {{n/a|—}} || ě || ye || {{n/a|—}} || i͡e || ê || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Ѵ !! ѵ | i, ẏ, ỳ, y̆, yh, ü | i (ü){{efn|group="table"|name="Scholarly"}} || ẏ || ẏ || {{n/a|—}} || ỳ || yh || {{n/a|—}} || ẏ || y̆ || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- !scope="rowgroup" colspan="16" style="background:silver;"| Pre-18th century letters |- ! Є !! є | ê, ē, e, je | ê (j)e{{efn|group="table"|name="Scholarly"}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || ē || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Ѥ !! ѥ | ẹ, i͡e | ẹ{{Efn|group="table"|name="Scholarly"}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || i͡e || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Ѕ !! ѕ | ẑ, ż, ʒ, dz, js | dz (ʒ){{efn|group="table"|name="Scholarly"}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || ẑ || js || {{n/a|—}} || ż || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Ꙋ !! ꙋ | ū, u | u || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || ū || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Ѡ !! ѡ | ô, ō, o | ô (o){{efn|group="table"|name="Scholarly"}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || ō || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Ѿ !! ѿ | ôt, ō͡t, ot | ôt (ot){{efn|group="table"|name="Scholarly"}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || ō͡t || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Ѫ !! ѫ | ą, ǎ, u | ą (u){{efn|group="table"|name="Scholarly"}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || ǎ || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || ą || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Ѧ !! ѧ | ę, ja | ę (ja){{efn|group="table"|name="Scholarly"}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || ę || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Ѭ !! ѭ | ją, ju, i͡ą | ją (ju){{efn|group="table"|name="Scholarly"}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || i͡ą || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Ѩ !! ѩ | ję, ja, i͡ę | ję (ja){{efn|group="table"|name="Scholarly"}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || i͡ę || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Ѯ !! ѯ | x, k͡s | x || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || k͡s || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |- ! Ѱ !! ѱ | ps, p͡s | ps || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || p͡s || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} || {{n/a|—}} |} ===Table notes=== {{noteslist|group="table"}}
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