The American Library Association and Library of Congress Romanization Tables for Russian, or the Library of Congress system, are a set of rules for the romanization of Russian-language text from the Russian alphabet, which uses the Cyrillic script, to Latin script.
Background The ALA-LC Romanization tables comprise a set of standards for romanization of texts in various languages, written in non-Latin writing systems. These romanization systems are intended for bibliographic cataloguing, and used in US and Canadian libraries, by the British Library since 1975,“Searching for Cyrillic items in the catalogues of the British Library: guidelines and transliteration tables ” and in many publications worldwide.
The romanization tables were first discussed by the American Library Association in 1885, and published in 1904 and 1908, including rules for romanizing some languages written in Cyrillic script: Church Slavic, Serbo-Croatian, and Russian in the pre-reform alphabet. Revised tables including more languages were published in 1941, and a since-discontinued version of the entire standard was printed in 1997. The system for Russian remains virtually unchanged from 1941 to the latest release, with the current Russian table published online in 2012.
Table
The formal, unambiguous version of the system requires some diacritics and two-letter tie characters which are often omitted in practice.
The table below combines material from the ALA-LC tables for Russian (2012) and, for some obsolete letters, Church Slavic (2011).
+Romanization table Russianletter Romanization ExamplesАаAa Азов = Azov Тамбов = TambovБбBb Барнаул = Barnaul Кубань = KubanВвVv Владимир = Vladimir Ульяновск = Uli͡anovskГгGg Грозный = Groznyĭ Волгодонск = VolgodonskДдDd Дзержинский = Dzerzhinskiĭ Нелидово = NelidovoЕеEe Елизово = Elizovo Чебоксары = CheboksaryЁёËë Ёлкин = Ëlkin Озёрный = OzërnyĭЖжZhzh Жуков = Zhukov Лужники = LuzhnikiЗзZz Звенигород = Zvenigorod Вязьма = Vi͡azmaИиIi Иркутск = Irkutsk Апатиты = ApatityЙйĬĭ Йошкар-Ола = Ĭoshkar-Ola Бийск = BiĭskКкKk Киров = Kirov Енисейск = EniseĭskЛлLl Ломоносов = Lomonosov Нелидово = NelidovoМмMm Менделеев = Mendeleev Каменка = KamenkaНнNn Новосибирск = Novosibirsk Кандалакша = KandalakshaОоOo Омск = Omsk Красноярск = Krasnoi͡arskПпPp Петрозаводск = Petrozavodsk Серпухов = SerpukhovРрRr Ростов = Rostov Северобайкальск = SeverobaĭkalskСсSs Сковородино = Skovorodino Чайковский = ChaǐkovskiĭТтTt Тамбов = Tambov Мытищи = MytishchiУуUu Углич = Uglich Дудинка = DudinkaФфFf Фурманов = Furmanov Уфа = UfaХхKhkh Хабаровск = Khabarovsk Прохладный = ProkhladnyĭЦц T͡S t͡s Цимлянск = T͡Simli͡ansk Ельцин = Elt͡sinЧчChch Чебоксары = Cheboksary Печора = PechoraШшShsh Шахтёрск = Shakhtërsk Мышкин = MyshkinЩщShchshch Щёлково = Shchëlkovo Ртищево = RtishchevoЪъ Подъездной = PodezdnoĭЫыYy Ыттык-Кёль = Yttyk-Kël Тында = TyndaЬь Тюмень = Ti͡umenЭэĖė Электрогорск = Ėlektrogorsk Радиоэлектроника = RadioėlektronikaЮю I͡U i͡u Юбилейный = I͡Ubileǐnyǐ Ключевская = Kli͡uchevskai͡aЯя I͡A i͡a Якутск = I͡Akutsk Брянск = Bri͡anskLetters eliminated in the orthographic reform of 1918 І іІ̄ ī Ѣ ѣI͡E i͡e Ѳ ѳḞ ḟ Ѵ ѵẎ ẏ Church Slavic lettersѢѣĚěѲѳḞḟѶѷ,уẎẏv̇ if used without diacritic marksЩщShtsht Є єĒ ē Ѥ ѥI͡E i͡e Ѕ ѕŻ ż Ꙋ ꙋŪ ū Ѿ ѿŌ͡T ō͡t Ѡ ѡŌ ō Ѧ ѧĘ ę Ѯ ѯK͡S k͡s Ѱ ѱP͡S p͡s Ѫ ѫǪ ǫ Ѩ ѩI͡Ę i͡ę Ѭ ѭI͡Ǫ i͡ǫ
See also Scientific transliteration of Cyrillic (1898) (PI) (1899) Romanization of Russian
References
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.