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BGN/PCGN romanization of Russian

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This romanization of Russian can be rendered by using only the basic letters and punctuation found on English-language keyboards. No diacritics or unusual letters are required, but the
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After any consonant except й. Used primarily for romanization of non-Russian-language names from Russian spelling. The use of this digraph is optional.
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Before а, у, ы, or э. Used primarily for romanization of non-Russian-language names from Russian spelling. The use of this digraph is optional.
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Before а, у, ы, or э. Used primarily for romanization of non-Russian-language names from Russian spelling. The use of this digraph is optional.
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After any vowel. Used primarily for romanization of non-Russian-language names from Russian spelling. The use of this digraph is optional.
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In many publications, a simplified form of the system is used to render English versions of Russian names, which typically converts
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Used primarily for romanization of non-Russian-language names from Russian spelling. The use of this digraph is optional.
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Used primarily for romanization of non-Russian-language names from Russian spelling. The use of this digraph is optional.
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All other cases. This letter does not occur at the beginning of words of Russian origin.
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The following table describes the system and provides examples.
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Romanization Systems and Roman-Script Spelling Conventions
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character (·) is optionally used to avoid some ambiguity.
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This letter does not occur at the beginning of a word.
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This letter does not occur at the beginning of a word.
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Index

romanization
Cyrillic
Russian
transliteration
Latin alphabet
romanization of Russian
anglophones
BGN/PCGN romanizations
United States Board on Geographic Names
Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use
Russian language
interpunct
vowels
vowels
Ty·ay·a
Say·ylyk
Oy·usardakh
Ygy·atta
Ty·ay·a
Ulan-Ud·e
Vyart·silya
ISO 9
GOST 16876-71
Knowledge:Romanization of Russian
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Romanization Systems and Roman-Script Spelling Conventions
"Russian romanization"
GEOnet Names Server
BGN/PCGN transliteration online
ISO 9

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