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=== German === | === German === | ||
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A dictionary that will help you understand Russian is: | A dictionary that will help you understand Russian is: | ||
Smirnitsky, A. I.[https://www.familysearch.org/ | Smirnitsky, A. I.[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog ''Русско-Английский словарь = Russian-English Dictionary'' ](Russko-Angliĭskiĭ slovar). Izd. 7oe. Moskva: Izdatel’stvo “Sovetskaia Entsiklopediia”m 1965. (FS Library book 491.7321 Sm48r; film 1045410 item 2).Place name in search book. | ||
More Russian Cyrillic alphabet examples are found in the "[[Germans from Russia Handwriting|Handwriting]]" page. | More Russian Cyrillic alphabet examples are found in the "[[Germans from Russia Handwriting|Handwriting]]" page. | ||
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==== Transliterating Russian Place Names ==== | ==== Transliterating Russian Place Names ==== | ||
The Library has used two transliteration systems in the ''FamilySearch Catalog'' to write Russian words using Roman letters. | The Library has used two transliteration systems in the ''FamilySearch Catalog'' to write Russian words using Roman letters. | ||
Transliteration system used in the ''FamilySearch Catalog'' for Russian Cyrillic place names: | |||
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| А, а<br> | | А, а<br> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Я, я<br> | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | Я, я<br> | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ya<br> | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | ya<br> | ||
|} | |}<ref> The above table was adapted from page ix of United States. Board on Geographic Names. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog ''Official Standard Names for U.S.S.R.''] Washington, D.C.: USGPO, 1970. (FS Library Ref book 947 E5u 1970 v. 1; fiche 6001801-807 [136 fiches]).</ref> | ||
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==== Transliterating Russian Authors, Titles, and Imprints ==== | |||
Bold letters show variations from the place name transliteration system. | '''Bold''' letters show variations from the place name transliteration system. | ||
Transliteration system used in the ''FamilySearch Catalog'' for Russian Cyrillic authors, titles, and imprints: | Transliteration system used in the ''FamilySearch Catalog'' for Russian Cyrillic authors, titles, and imprints: | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | А, а<br> | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | А, а<br> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | '''Ѧ, ѧ''' <ref>Church Slavic letter occasionally found in the modern Russian Cyrillic alphabet.</ref> <br> | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | '''Ѧ, ѧ''' <ref>Church Slavic letter occasionally found in the modern Russian Cyrillic alphabet.</ref> <br> | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | '''ę'''<br> | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | '''ę'''<br> | ||
|} | |}<ref>The above table was adapted from pages 184-185 of [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/185997190&referer=brief_results ''ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Transliteration Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts'']. 1997 ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1997. (FS Library book 411 AL11a 1997).</ref> | ||
=== References === | |||
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{{GFR|Germans from Russia}} | {{GFR|Germans from Russia}} | ||
[[Category:Germans_from_Russia]] [[Category: | [[Category:Germans_from_Russia]] [[Category:Language and Handwriting]] | ||
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