Editing Reforms of Russian orthography (section)

===Criticism===
[[File:Агитационный плакат армии Колчака.jpg|thumb|left|180px|1919 White Army anti-Bolshevik poster encouraging people to enlist as volunteers, featuring continued use of the pre-reform spelling.]]
According to critics, the choice of {{lang|ru|Ии}} as the only letter to represent that side and the removal of {{Lang|ru-petr1708|Іі}} defeated the purpose of 'simplifying' the language, as {{lang|ru|Ии}} occupies more space and, furthermore, is sometimes indistinguishable from {{lang|ru|Шш}}.<ref name="auto1"/>

The reform also created many [[homograph]]s and [[homonym]]s, which used to be spelled differently. Examples: {{lang|ru|есть}}/{{lang|ru-petr1708|ѣсть}} (is/to eat) and {{lang|ru|миръ}}/{{lang|ru-petr1708|міръ}} (peace/world) became {{lang|ru|есть}} and {{lang|ru|мир}} in both instances.

Replacement of {{lang|ru-petr1708|онѣ}}, {{lang|ru-petr1708|однѣ}}, {{lang|ru-petr1708|ея}} by {{lang|ru-luna1918|они}}, {{lang|ru-luna1918|одни}}, {{lang|ru-luna1918|её}} was especially controversial, as these feminine pronouns were deeply rooted in the language and extensively used by writers and poets.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}