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The [[Russian alphabet]] is a variation of the [[Cyrillic alphabet]], with 33 letters. Some obsolete letters, used mainly before 1918, may also appear in historical quotations, attestations, and etymologies.

== Romanization ==

In English-language and other Roman-alphabet sources, Russian words are often [[romanized]] ([[transliterated]] into the Latin alphabet). The table below includes the most common methods of transliteration used in language references and dictionaries.

* '''Scholarly transliteration''' (a.k.a. the ''scientific'' or ''linguistic'' method, or the ''international system'' as part of the British Standard, below) is used in linguistics and Slavic studies.
* '''Library of Congress''' (''LOC'' or ''ALA-LC'') romanization is used in library catalogues and in general publications throughout the English-speaking world.
* '''British Standard''' transliteration (''BS 2979'') was used by Oxford publications (including the OED, in etymologies) and the British Library in the past, but has largely been superseded by LOC transliteration.

Romanization often strictly follows such a standard in linguistics, lexicography, cartography, and to a lesser degree in bibliographies. It is usually relaxed or modified for the sake of natural reading in running text, especially for proper names. For example, in a history book:

<blockquote><small>
Russian names are spelled in this book according to the standard (Library of Congress) system of transliteration, but some Russian spellings are slightly altered. To accommodate common English spellings of well-known Russian names I have changed the Russian ‘ii’ ending to a ‘y’ in surnames (for example, Trotskii becomes Trotsky) but not in all first names (for example, Georgii) or place names. To aid pronunciation I have opted for Pyotr instead of Petr, Semyon instead of Semen, Andreyev instead of Andreev, Yevgeniia instead of Evgeniia, and so on. In other cases I have chosen simple and familiar spellings that help the reader to identify with Russian names that feature prominently in the text (for example, Julia instead of Iulia and Lydia instead of Lidiia). For the sake of clarity I have also dropped the Russian soft sign from all personal and place names (so that Iaroslavl’ becomes Iaroslavl and Noril’sk becomes Norilsk). However, bibliographical references in the notes preserve the Library of Congress transliteration to aid those readers who wish to consult the published sources cited. —Orlando Figes (2007), ''The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia'', Metropolitan Books, p xiii
</small></blockquote>

[Wiktionary uses an original scheme, closely based on, but not compatible with the standard scholarly method; see [[Wiktionary:Russian transliteration]].]

== Table of letters ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="text-align:center; border:0px solid #fff; border-top:1px solid #666; border-collapse:collapse;"
|+ style="text-align:left;" | Letters of the Russian alphabet, and their transliteration
|- valign="bottom"
! width=30% style="font-weight:normal" colspan=2 | Letter
! width=15% style="font-weight:normal" | Sound
! width=54% style="font-weight:normal" colspan=3 | Romanization
|- valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:1px solid #666;"
! width=15% style="font-weight:normal" | upright
! width=15% style="font-weight:normal" | italic
! width=15% style="font-weight:normal" | (IPA)
! width=18% style="font-weight:normal" | Scholarly
! width=18% style="font-weight:normal" | Library of Congress
! width=18% style="font-weight:normal" | British Standard
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[А]] [[а]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | А а
| [a]
| a
| a
| a
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Б]] [[б]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Б б
| [b]
| b
| b
| b
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[В]] [[в]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | В в
| [v]
| v
| v
| v
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Г]] [[г]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Г г
| [g]
| g
| g
| g
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Д]] [[д]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Д д
| [d]
| d
| d
| d
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Е]] [[е]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Е е
| [(j)ɛ]
| e
| e
| e
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Ё]] [[ё]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Ё ё
| [(j)ɔ]
| ë
| ë
| ë
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Ж]] [[ж]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Ж ж
| [ʒ]
| ž
| zh
| zh
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[З]] [[з]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | З з
| [z]
| z
| z
| z
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[И]] [[и]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | И и
| [i]
| i
| i
| i
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Й]] [[й]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Й й
| [j]
| j
| ĭ
| ĭ
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[К]] [[к]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | К к
| [k]
| k
| k
| k
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Л]] [[л]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Л л
| [l]
| l
| l
| l
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[М]] [[м]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | М м
| [m]
| m
| m
| m
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Н]] [[н]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Н н
| [n]
| n
| n
| n
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[О]] [[о]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | О о
| [ɔ]
| o
| o
| o
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[П]] [[п]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | П п
| [p]
| p
| p
| p
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Р]] [[р]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Р р
| [r]
| r
| r
| r
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[С]] [[с]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | С с
| [s]
| s
| s
| s
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Т]] [[т]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Т т
| [t]
| t
| t
| t
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[У]] [[у]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | У у
| [u]
| u
| u
| u
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Ф]] [[ф]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Ф ф
| [f]
| f
| f
| f
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Х]] [[х]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Х х
| [x]
| x
| kh
| kh
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Ц]] [[ц]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Ц ц
| [ts]
| c
| ts
| ts
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Ч]] [[ч]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Ч ч
| [tʃʲ]
| č
| ch
| ch
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Ш]] [[ш]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Ш ш
| [ʃ]
| š
| sh
| sh
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Щ]] [[щ]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Щ щ
| [ɕɕ], [ʃʲʃʲ]
| šč
| shch
| shch
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Ъ]] [[ъ]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Ъ ъ
| –
| ″
| ″
| ″
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Ы]] [[ы]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Ы ы
| [ɨ]
| y
| y
| ȳ (ui)
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Ь]] [[ь]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Ь ь
| –
| ′
| ′
| ′
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Э]] [[э]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Э э
| [ɛ]
| è
| ė
| é
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Ю]] [[ю]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Ю ю
| [(j)u]
| ju
| i͡u
| yu
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Я]] [[я]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Я я
| [(j)a]
| ja
| i͡a
| ya
|- valign="bottom" style="border-top:1px solid #666; border-bottom:1px solid #666; "
! colspan=6 style="font-weight:normal; " | Archaic letters (pre-1918)
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[I]] [[і]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | I і
| [i]
| i
| ī
| –
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Ѳ]] [[ѳ]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Ѳ ѳ
| [f]
| f
| ḟ
| –
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Ѣ]] [[ѣ]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Ѣ ѣ
| [ɛ]
| ě
| i͡e
| –
|-
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Ѵ]] [[ѵ]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Ѵ ѵ
| [i]
| i
| ẏ
| –
|- style="border-bottom:1px solid #666; "
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; " | [[Ѧ]] [[ѧ]]
| class=Cyrl style="font-size:larger; font-family:serif !important; font-style:italic; " | Ѧ ѧ
| [ɛ̃]
| ę, ja
| ę
| –
|}

=== Notes ===
* The letter ё is usually written as '''е''' except in dictionaries, language textbooks, readers, and in hand-written texts. However, the common trend in the last years is to increase the usage of ё. In particular, on Wikipedia ё should be used[http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A3%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D0%81]. Replacing е with ё is called ''[[ёфикация]]''.
* Romanization: in running text, diacritics, primes, and tie bars are often dropped.
** Library of Congress: ъ = ''″'' at the end of a word is dropped.
** British Standard: ы = ''ui'' was used by the British Museum. Diacritics may be omitted, and final -й, -ий, -ый in proper nouns may be simplified to ''-y'' (''Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Grozny'').

== See also ==
* [[Appendix:Cyrillic script]]
* [[Appendix:Old Cyrillic alphabet]]

== References ==
* Paul Cubberly, “The Slavic Alphabets”, s 27 in Peter T. Daniels and William Bright (1996), ''The World's Writing Systems'', Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-507993-0, p 351.
* Paul Cubberly, “Alphabets and Transliteration”, ch 2 of Bernard Comrie and Greville G. Corbett (2002), ''The Slavonic Languages'', Taylor & Francis, ISBN 0415280788, pp 55–58.
* Robert M. Ritter (2002), ''The Oxford Guide to Style'', Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-869175-0, pp 334, 350.
* [http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html ALA-LC Romanization Tables] at the Library of Congress

== External links ==

See Also [[Russian alphabet]]

* [[w:Russian alphabet]]
* [[w:Romanization of Russian]]

[[Category:Alphabet appendices|Russian alphabet]]
[[Category:Russian appendices|Alphabet]]
[[Category:Transliteration appendices|Russian alphabet]]
[[Category:Cyrillic script appendices|Russian alphabet]]

Appendix:Russian alphabet - Revision history

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