ALA-LC romanization for Russian

The ALA-LC Romanization tables for Slavic alphabets is a set of standards for romanization of texts in various writing systems used in North American libraries and publications. The latest version was published by the American Library Association and the Library of Congress in 1997. This article is about the ALA-LC method of transliteration of Russian-language text from Cyrillic script to Latin script.

The formal, unambiguous version of the system requires some diacritics and two-letter tie characters which are often omitted in practice.

ALA-LC also publishes tables for the transliteration of many other languages.

Romanization table

Russian letter		Romanization		Special provision	Examples
А	а	A	a	None	Азов = Azov Тамбов = Tambov
Б	б	B	b	None	Барнаул = Barnaul Кубань = Kubanʹ
В	в	V	v	None	Владимир = Vladimir Ульяновск = Ulʹi͡anovsk
Г	г	G	g	None	Грозный = Groznyǐ Волгодонск = Volgodonsk
Д	д	D	d	None	Дзержинский = Dzerzhinskiǐ Нелидово = Nelidovo
Е	е	E	e	None	Елизово = Elizovo Чебоксары = Cheboksary
Ё	ё	Ë	ë	None	Ёлкин = Ëlkin Озёрный = Ozërnyǐ
Ж	ж	Zh	zh	None	Жуков = Zhukov Лужники = Luzhniki
З	з	Z	z	None	Звенигород = Zvenigorod Вязьма = Vi͡azʹma
И	и	I	i	None	Иркутск = Irkutsk Апатиты = Apatity
Й	й	Ĭ	ĭ	None	Йошкар-Ола = Ǐoshkar-Ola Бийск = Biǐsk
К	к	K	k	None	Киров = Kirov Енисейск = Eniseǐsk
Л	л	L	l	None	Ломоносов = Lomonosov Нелидово = Nelidovo
М	м	M	m	None	Менделеев = Mendeleev Каменка = Kamenka
Н	н	N	n	None	Новосибирск = Novosibirsk Кандалакша = Kandalaksha
О	о	O	o	None	Омск = Omsk Красноярск = Krasnoi͡arsk
П	п	P	p	None	Петрозаводск = Petrozavodsk Серпухов = Serpukhov
Р	р	R	r	None	Ростов = Rostov Северобайкальск = Severobaǐkalʹsk
С	с	S	s	None	Сковородино = Skovorodino Чайковский = Chaǐkovskiǐ
Т	т	T	t	None	Тамбов = Tambov Мытищи = Mytishchi
У	у	U	u	None	Углич = Uglich Дудинка = Dudinka
Ф	ф	F	f	None	Фурманов = Furmanov Уфа = Ufa
Х	х	Kh	kh	None	Хабаровск = Khabarovsk Прохладный = Prokhladnyǐ
Ц	ц	T͡S	t͡s	None	Цимлянск = T͡Simli͡ansk Ельцин = Elʹt͡sin
Ч	ч	Ch	ch	None	Чебоксары = Cheboksary Печора = Pechora
Ш	ш	Sh	sh	None	Шахтёрск = Shakhtërsk Мышкин = Myshkin
Щ	щ	Shch	shch	None	Щёлково = Shchëlkovo Ртищево = Rtishchevo
Ъ	ъ		ʺ	This letter does not occur in the beginning of a word.	Подъездной = Podʺezdnoǐ
Ы	ы	Y	y	This letter does not occur in the beginning of words of Russian origin.	Ыттык-Кёль = Yttyk-Këlʹ Тында = Tynda
Ь	ь		ʹ	This letter does not occur in the beginning of a word.	Тюмень = Ti͡umenʹ
Э	э	Ė	ė	None	Электрогорск = Ėlektrogorsk Радиоэлектроника = Radioėlektronika
Ю	ю	I͡U	i͡u	None	Юбилейный = I͡Ubileǐnyǐ Ключевская = Kli͡uchevskai͡a
Я	я	I͡A	i͡a	None	Якутск = I͡Akutsk Брянск = Bri͡ansk
І	і		ī	Pre-1918 letters
Ѳ	ѳ		ḟ
Ѣ	ѣ		i͡e
Ѵ	ѵ		ẏ
Є	є		ē	Pre-18th century letters
Ѥ	ѥ		i͡e
Ѕ	ѕ		ż
Ꙋ	ꙋ		–
Ѡ	ѡ		ō
Ѿ	ѿ		ō͡t
Ѫ	ѫ		ǫ
Ѧ	ѧ		ę
Ѭ	ѭ		i͡ǫ
Ѩ	ѩ		i͡ę
Ѯ	ѯ		k͡s
Ѱ	ѱ		p͡s

See also

• Romanization of Russian

External links

• ALA-LC Romanization Tables at the U.S. Library of Congress
• CyrAcademisator Bi-directional online transliteration of Russian according to ALA-LC (diacritics). Supports Old Slavonic characters
• Online Russian Transliterator Supports ALA-LC, ISO 9, GOST 7.79B and other standards.