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.
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, [1] and in many publications worldwide.
The romanization tables were first discussed by the American Library Association in 1885, [2] and published in 1904 and 1908, [3] including rules for romanizing some languages written in Cyrillic script: Church Slavic, Serbo-Croatian, and Russian in the pre-reform alphabet. [4] Revised tables including more languages were published in 1941, [5] and a since-discontinued version of the entire standard was printed in 1997. [6] The system for Russian remains virtually unchanged from 1941 to the latest release, with the current Russian table published online in 2012. [7]
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) [8] and, for some obsolete letters, Church Slavic (2011). [9]
| Russian letter | Romanization | Examples | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| А | а | A | a | Азов = Azov Тамбов = Tambov |
| Б | б | B | b | Барнаул = Barnaul Кубань = Kubanʹ |
| В | в | V | v | Владимир = Vladimir Ульяновск = Ulʹi͡anovsk |
| Г | г | G | g | Грозный = Groznyĭ Волгодонск = Volgodonsk |
| Д | д | D | d | Дзержинский = Dzerzhinskiĭ Нелидово = Nelidovo |
| Е | е | E | e | Елизово = Elizovo Чебоксары = Cheboksary |
| Ё | ё | Ë | ë | Ёлкин = Ëlkin Озёрный = Ozërnyĭ |
| Ж | ж | Zh | zh | Жуков = Zhukov Лужники = Luzhniki |
| З | з | Z | z | Звенигород = Zvenigorod Вязьма = Vi͡azʹma |
| И | и | I | i | Иркутск = Irkutsk Апатиты = Apatity |
| Й | й | Ĭ | ĭ | Йошкар-Ола = Ĭoshkar-Ola Бийск = Biĭsk |
| К | к | K | k | Киров = Kirov Енисейск = Eniseĭsk |
| Л | л | L | l | Ломоносов = Lomonosov Нелидово = Nelidovo |
| М | м | M | m | Менделеев = Mendeleev Каменка = Kamenka |
| Н | н | N | n | Новосибирск = Novosibirsk Кандалакша = Kandalaksha |
| О | о | O | o | Омск = Omsk Красноярск = Krasnoi͡arsk |
| П | п | P | p | Петрозаводск = Petrozavodsk Серпухов = Serpukhov |
| Р | р | R | r | Ростов = Rostov Северобайкальск = Severobaĭkalʹsk |
| С | с | S | s | Сковородино = Skovorodino Чайковский = Chaǐkovskiĭ |
| Т | т | T | t | Тамбов = Tambov Мытищи = Mytishchi |
| У | у | U | u | Углич = Uglich Дудинка = Dudinka |
| Ф | ф | F | f | Фурманов = Furmanov Уфа = Ufa |
| Х | х | Kh | kh | Хабаровск = Khabarovsk Прохладный = Prokhladnyĭ |
| Ц | ц | T͡S | t͡s | Цимлянск = T͡Simli͡ansk Ельцин = Elʹt͡sin |
| Ч | ч | Ch | ch | Чебоксары = Cheboksary Печора = Pechora |
| Ш | ш | Sh | sh | Шахтёрск = Shakhtërsk Мышкин = Myshkin |
| Щ | щ | Shch | shch | Щёлково = Shchëlkovo Ртищево = Rtishchevo |
| Ъ | ъ | ʺ | ʺ | Подъездной = Podʺezdnoĭ |
| Ы | ы | Y | y | Ыттык-Кёль = Yttyk-Këlʹ Тында = Tynda |
| Ь | ь | ʹ | ʹ | Тюмень = Ti͡umenʹ |
| Э | э | Ė | ė | Электрогорск = Ėlektrogorsk Радиоэлектроника = Radioėlektronika |
| Ю | ю | I͡U | i͡u | Юбилейный = I͡Ubileǐnyǐ Ключевская = Kli͡uchevskai͡a |
| Я | я | I͡A | i͡a | Якутск = I͡Akutsk Брянск = Bri͡ansk |
| Letters eliminated in the orthographic reform of 1918 | ||||
| І | і | І̄ | ī | |
| Ѣ | ѣ | I͡E | i͡e | |
| Ѳ | ѳ | Ḟ | ḟ | |
| Ѵ | ѵ | Ẏ | ẏ | |
| Other obsolete letters [9] | ||||
| Є | є | Ē | ē | |
| Ѥ | ѥ | I͡E | i͡e | |
| Ѕ | ѕ | Ż | ż | |
| Ꙋ | ꙋ | Ū | ū | |
| Ѿ | ѿ | Ō͡T | ō͡t | |
| Ѡ | ѡ | Ō | ō | |
| Ѧ | ѧ | Ę | ę | |
| Ѯ | ѯ | K͡S | k͡s | |
| Ѱ | ѱ | P͡S | p͡s | |
| Ѫ | ѫ | Ǫ | ǫ | |
| Ѩ | ѩ | I͡Ę | i͡ę | |
| Ѭ | ѭ | I͡Ǫ | i͡ǫ | |