| 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
|
| H (h)
| When it is a commonly accepted convention
| [Insert an example]
|
| 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
|
| -ый endings
| y
| None
| Красный = Krasny
|
| iy
| When it is a commonly accepted convention
| [Insert an example]
|
| -ий endings
| y
| "-iy" is also acceptable
| Синий = Siny (Siniy)
|
| iy
| "-y" is also acceptable
| Великий = Velikiy (Veliky)
|
| i
| When it is a commonly accepted convention
| Юрий = Yuri
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