Transliteration
OSA uses Romanization Tables developed by the Library of Congress and approved by the American Library Association.
ALA-LC Romanization Tables. Transliteration Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts:
https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html
Take care to avoid modifier characters (ligature marks) as they are not always widely supported in display and printing.
Example: "литературная энциклопедия" transliterates NOT as "literaturnai͡a ėnt͡siklopedii͡a" but as "literaturnaia entsiklopediia"
Note: The Ђ ђ letters are considered obsolete in modern Russian. These characters are found primarily in pre-revolutionary and emigré publications. (Transliterate as IE ie.)
Romanization Table for transliterating modern Russian texts
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Cyrillic letters |
Roman letters |
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А а |
A a |
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Б б |
B b |
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В в |
V v |
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Г г |
G g |
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Д д |
D d |
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Е е |
E e |
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Ё ё |
E e |
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Ж ж |
Zh zh |
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З з |
Z z |
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И и |
I i |
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Й й |
I i |
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К к |
K k |
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Л л |
L l |
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М м |
M m |
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Н н |
N n |
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О о |
O o |
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П п |
P p |
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Р р |
R r |
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С с |
S s |
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Т т |
T t |
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У у |
U u |
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Ф ф |
F f |
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Х х |
Kh kh |
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Ц ц |
Ts ts |
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Ч ч |
Ch ch |
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Ш ш |
Sh sh |
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Щ щ |
Shch shch |
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Ъ ъ |
“ (hard sign) |
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Ы ы |
Y y |
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Ь ь |
‘ (soft sign) |
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Э э |
E e |
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Ю ю |
IU iu |
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Я я |
IA ia |

