TABLE 1. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF MAJOR TRANSLITERATION SYSTEMS() 
Cyrillic ite 
A a a 
B 6 D 
BBs Vv 
Iho iP g 
een d 
Ee e 
E é e 
K x aA(f) 
3 8 z 
es i 
nu it 1 
1K k 
Joa | 
MM m 
EH n 
O o ty) 
ier p 
Bap i 
Cg S 
aT: t 
oY u 
® f 
Xe en X fi 
i ou fs 
You ch 
tl om Sh 
il wt Shch 
lb OS nl 
Bl obt y 
b b : 
3) S) ée 
10 0 1 
A os ia 
BSI 
(a) Dashes have been supplied where the transliteration is uniform throughout the table. Abbreviations are as follows: 
LC = Library of Congress 
BGN 
yu 
ya 
BSI = British Standards Institution (BS 2979: 1958) 
BGN = Board of Geographic Names (also used by the British Permanent Committee on Geographic Names) 
ISO = International Standards Organization (ISO/R 9) 
NYPL= New York Public Library, Slavonic Division 
SR = Slavic Review (formerly American Slavic and East European Review) 
MR = Mathematical Reviews. 
aS 
e) e after zh, ch, sh, shch. 
(f) Ligatures are used over all multiple letter combinations in standard LC cataloging practice but are largely disregarded by 
other users of this system. 
b) v used in genitive endings (-evo and -ovo). 
c) ye and yeused initially, after vowels and after ’’ and’. 
d) ye at beginning of word or syllable; sometimes io. 
180 
oc nenna = 1 
NYPL 
—¢ 
yu 
ya 
yu 
ya 
