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The Wikipedia romanization of Russian is a modification of the BGN/PCGN romanization of Russian. It is used in the English Wikipedia per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Russia) as suitable for Anglophones.

Abbreviations are romanized with capitalization as indicated, e.g., ДШК = DShK, unless there is a common English rendering.

Differences from the BGN/PCGN romanization

  • Consonant letters: б в г д ж з к л м н п р с т ф х ц ч ш щ
  • Vowel letters: а е ё и о у ы э ю я
  • Iotated vowel letters: е ё ю я
  • Semivowel letter: й
  • Modifier letters: ь ъ

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! Russian
spelling

! English Wikipedia
romanization

! Special provision

! Examples WP romanization

! Examples BGN/PCGN romanization

Е (е)(e)| Майер = Mayer (e after й)

| Майер = Mayyer (ye after й)

Ё (ё)Yo (yo)| Ёлкино = Yolkino
Озёрск = Ozyorsk

| Yë (yë) or Ë (ë)

Й (й)Y (y)Except in –ый and –ий endings (see below)

| Йошкар-Ола = Yoshkar-Ola
Бийск = Biysk
(never use a medial dot)

|

  1. Before а, у, ы, or э. Y· (y·) Кайафа = Kay·afa
  2. All other cases: Йошкар-Ола = Yoshkar-Ola
    Бийск = Biysk
rowspan="2" | ъ (твёрдый знак)Omitted

| When followed by an iotated vowel (е, ё, ю, я)

| Подъярский = Podyarsky

| Подъездной = Podˮyezdnoy

y

| When followed by a non-iotated vowel (а, и, о, у, ы, э)

| (Мусийкъонгийкоте = Musiykyongiykote)

| Musiykˮongiykote

Ы (ы)Y (y)Except in –ый ending (see below)

| Ытык-Кюёль = Ytyk-Kyuyol
Давыдов = Davydov
(never use a medial dot)

|

  1. Before а, у, ы, or э: Выудить = Vy·udit{{hamza}}
  2. After any vowel: Суык-Су = Su·yk-Su
  3. All other: Ыттык-Кёль = Yttyk-Kël{{hamza}}
    Тында = Tynda
rowspan="2" | ь (мягкий знак)Omitted

|

  1. At the end of words
  2. When followed by a consonant

|

  1. Выхухоль = Vykhukhol
  2. Дальнегорск = Dalnegorsk

| rowspan="2" | Тюмень = Tyumen{{hamza}}

yWhen followed by a vowel

| Ильинский = Ilyinsky

–ый endings-y| Красный = Krasny

| Krasnyy

rowspan="2" | –ий endings-yIn names of people and adjectives of Russian origin

| Синий = Siny; Великий = Veliky

| rowspan="2" | Siniy; Velikiy

-iyIn nouns or words of non-Russian origin

| Рыркайпий = Ryrkaypiy

-ые endings-ye| Набережные Челны = Naberezhnye Chelny

| Naberezhnyye Chelny

Full rules

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! English
romanization

! Special provision

! Examples

А (а)A (a)| Аликово = Alikovo
Поганкино = Pogankino
Б (б)B (b)| Болотин = Bolotin
Колбасин = Kolbasin
В (в)V (v)| Воронин = Voronin
Привалин = Privalin
Г (г)G (g)| Галкин = Galkin
Луговой = Lugovoy
Д (д)D (d)|

| Дровяное = Drovyanoye
Подгорск = Podgorsk

rowspan="2" | Е (е)

| E (e)

After consonants

| Белкин = Belkin

Ye (ye)

|

  1. In the beginning of words
  2. after vowels
  3. after ь
  4. after ъ

|

  1. Ельцин = Yeltsin
  2. Раздольное = Razdolnoye
  3. Юрьев = Yuryev (ь omitted; see ь below)
  4. Подъездной = Podyezdnoy
Ё (ё)Yo (yo)| Ёлкино = Yolkino
Озёрск = Ozyorsk
Ж (ж)Zh (zh)| Жиров = Zhirov
Приволжское = Privolzhskoye
З (з)Z (z)| 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
Бийск = Biysk

К (к)K (k)| Киров = Kirov
Галкин = Galkin
Л (л)L (l)| Лапинск = Lapinsk
Комсомольск = Komsomolsk
М (м)M (m)| Мичурин = Michurin
Колыма = Kolyma
Н (н)N (n)| Нальчик = Nalchik
Савино = Savino
О (о)O (o)| Оха = Okha
Грозный = Grozny
П (п)P (p)| Петроград = Petrograd
Ставрополь = Stavropol
Р (р)R (r)| Родниковое = Rodnikovoye
Высокогорск = Vysokogorsk
С (с)S (s)| Ступино = Stupino
Бирск = Birsk
Т (т)T (t)| Тавричанка = Tavrichanka
Ростов = Rostov
У (у)U (u)| Улетайск = Uletaysk
Шушенское = Shushenskoye
Ф (ф)F (f)| Фёдоровка = Fyodorovka
Уфа = Ufa
Х (х)Kh (kh)| Хабаровск = Khabarovsk
Оха = Okha
Ц (ц)Ts (ts)| Царское = Tsarskoye
Зарецкий = Zaretsky
Ч (ч)Ch (ch)| Черемшаны = Cheremshany
Зареченск = Zarechensk
Ш (ш)Sh (sh)| Шадрин = Shadrin
Моршанск = Morshansk
Щ (щ)Shch (shch)| Щукино = Shchukino
Рощинский = Roshchinsky
rowspan="2" | ъ (твёрдый знак)Omitted

| When followed by an iotated vowel (е, ё, ю, я)

| Подъярский = Podyarsky

y

| When followed by a non-iotated vowel (а, и, о, у, ы, э)

|Мусийкъонгийкоте = Musiykyongiykote

Ы (ы)Y (y)Except in an -ый ending (see below)

| Ытык-Кюёль = Ytyk-Kyuyol
Давыдов = Davydov

rowspan="2" | ь (мягкий знак)Omitted

|

  1. When followed by an iotated vowel (е, ё, ю, я)
  2. at the end of words
  3. When followed by a consonant

|

  1. Усолье = Usolye
  2. Выхухоль = Vykhukhol
  3. Дальнегорск = Dalnegorsk
yWhen followed by a non-iotated vowel (а, и, о, у, ы, э)

| Ильинский = Ilyinsky

Э (э)E (e)| Элиста = Elista
Тетраэдральный = Tetraedralny
Ю (ю)Yu (yu)| Южный = Yuzhny
Вилючинск = Vilyuchinsk
Я (я)Ya (ya)| Ярославль = Yaroslavl
Бурянск = Buryansk
-ый endings-y| Красный = Krasny
rowspan="2" | -ий endings-yIn names of people and adjectives of Russian origin.

| Синий = Siny; Великий = Veliky

-iyNoun or of non-Russian origin

| Рыркайпий = Ryrkaypiy

-ые endings-ye| Набережные Челны = Naberezhnye Chelny

See also

External links

  • [https://www.translit.site/en/type/wiki Wikipedia romanization of Russian] - online service with the Wikipedia romanization of Russian. Also supports ISO 9, ICAO, BGN/PCGN, and other standards of Russian transliteration.

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