UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES (UNGEGN)

Working Group on Romanization Systems

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Resolution V/18 (1987)

Romanization of the Russian alphabet for geographical names

The Conference,

Noting that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has officially adopted a system for romanizing geographical names of that country written in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet,

Noting also that this system has been applied on maps produced in the Soviet Union for international use,

Recommends that the GOST 1983 system of the Main Administration of Geodesy and Cartography, set out in the annex to the present resolution, be adopted as the international system for the romanization of geographical names in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet.

ANNEX to V/18

Transliteration table for transferring Russian Cyrillic characters (R.C.) into Roman letters (R.)

R.C.	R.	Examples			R.C.	R.	Examples
а	a	Анапа	Anapa		с	s	Сасово	Sasovo
б	b	Бабушкин	Babuškin		т	t	Татта	Tatta
в	v	Вавилово	Vavilovo		у	u	Уржум	Uržum
г	g	Гагарин	Gagarin		ф	f	Фофаново	Fofanovo
д	d	Дудинка	Dudinka		х	h	Хохлома	Hohloma
е	e	Елисеевка	Eliseevka		ц	c	Цветково	Cvetkovo
ё	ë	Ёлкино	Ëlkino		ч	č	Чечельник	Čečel’nik
		Псёл	Psël		ш	š	Шишкино	Šiškino
ж	ž	Жужа	Žuža		щ	šč	Щукино	Ščukino
з	z	Звёздный	Zvëzdnyj		ъ	"	Подъячево	Pod"jačevo
и	i	Идрица	Idrica		ы	y	Ыныкчанский	Ynykčanskij
й	j	Зарайск	Zarajsk		ь	’	Параньга	Paran’ga
к	k	Коканд	Kokand				Казань	Kazan’
л	l	Лалвар	Lalvar				Щучье	Ščuč’e
м	m	Маймак	Majmak		э	è	Элиста	Èlista
н	n	Нежин	Nežin		ю	ju	Юрино	Jurino
о	o	Ободовка	Obodovka				Юхнов	Juhnov
п	p	Пап	Pap				Юрюзань	Jurjuzan’
р	r	Ребриха	Rebriha		я	ja	Ямал	Jamal
							Язъяван	Jaz"javan
							Яя	Jaja
							Вязьма	Vjaz’ma