| Russian letter or letter combination | English transliteration | Special provisions | Examples |
| А (а) | A (a) | None | Аник = Anik
Поганкино = Pogankino |
| Б (б) | B (b) | None | Болотин = Bolotin
Колбасин = Kolbasin |
| В (в) | V (v) | None | Воронин = Voronin
Привалин = Privalin |
| Г (г) | G (g) | None | Галкин = Galkin
Луговой = Lugovoy |
| H (h) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | an example |
| Д (д) | D (d) | None | Дровяное = Drovyanoye
Подгорск = Podgorsk |
| Е (е) | Ye (ye) | - In the beginning of words;
- after vowels;
- after ь;
- after ъ.
| - Ельцин = Yeltsin
- Раздольное = Razdolnoye
- Юрьев = Yuryev (ь omittedsee ь line below);
- Подъездной = Podyezdnoy
|
| E (e) | All other cases | Белкин = Belkin |
| Ё (ё) | Yo (yo) | None | Ёлкино = Yolkino
Озёрск = Ozyorsk |
| E (e) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Горбачёв = Gorbachev |
| Ж (ж) | Zh (zh) | None | Жиров = Zhirov
Приволжское = Privolzhskoye |
| З (з) | Z (z) | None | Зорин = Zorin
Обозов = Obozov |
| И (и) | I (i) | Except in an -ий ending (see below) | Иркутск = Irkutsk
Владивосток = Vladivostok |
| Й (й) | Y (y) | Except in -ый and -ий endings (see below) | Йошкар-Ола = Yoshkar-Ola
Буйск = Buysk |
| I (i) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Край = Krai |
| J (j) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | an example |
| К (к) | K (k) | None | Киров = Kirov
Галкин = Galkin |
| Л (л) | L (l) | None | Лапинск = Lapinsk
Комсомольск = Komsomolsk |
| М (м) | M (m) | None | Мичурин = Michurin
Колыма = Kolyma |
| Н (н) | N (n) | None | Нальчик = Nalchik
Савино = Savino |
| О (о) | O (o) | None | Одесса = Odessa
Грозный = Grozny |
| П (п) | P (p) | None | Петроград = Petrograd
Ставрополь = Stavropol |
| Р (р) | R (r) | None | Родниковое = Rodnikovoye
Высокогорск = Vysokogorsk |
| С (с) | S (s) | None | Ступино = Stupino
Бирск = Birsk |
| Т (т) | T (t) | None | Тавричанка = Tavrichanka
Ростов = Rostov |
| У (у) | U (u) | None | Улетайск = Uletaysk
Шушенское = Shushenskoye |
| Ф (ф) | F (f) | None | Фёдоровка = Fyodorovka
Корфу = Korfu |
| Ph (ph) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Сталин = Joseph Stalin |
| Х (х) | Kh (kh) | None | Хабаровск = Khabarovsk
Оха = Okha |
| Ц (ц) | Ts (ts) | None | Царское = Tsarskoye
Зарецкий = Zaretsky |
| Ч (ч) | Ch (ch) | None | Черемшаны = Cheremshany
Зареченск = Zarechensk |
| Tch (tch) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Чайковский = Tchaikovsky |
| Ш (ш) | Sh (sh) | None | Шадрин = Shadrin
Моршанск = Morshansk |
| Щ (щ) | Shch (shch) | None | Щукино = Shchukino
Рощинский = Roshchinsky |
| Sch (sch) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | an example'' |
| ъ (твёрдый знак) | omitted | When followed by е | Подъездной = Podyezdnoy |
| y | When followed by a vowel other than е | Подъярский = Podyyarsky |
| " | When it is a commonly accepted convention | an example'' |
| Ы (ы) | Y (y) | Except in an -ый ending (see below) | Ыттык-Кёль; = Yttyk-Kyol
Давыдов = Davydov |
| ь (мягкий знак) | omitted | - When followed by е;
- at the end of words;
- before a consonant
| - Усолье = Usolye
- Выхухоль = Vykhukhol
- Дальнегорск = Dalnegorsk
|
| y | When followed by a vowel other than е | Ильинский = Ilyinsky |
| ' | When it is a commonly accepted convention | an example'' |
| Э (э) | E (e) | None | Элиста = Elista
Тетраэдральный = Tetraedralny |
| Ю (ю) | Yu (yu) | None | Юрмала = Yurmala
Козючинск = Kozyuchinsk |
| Я (я) | Ya (ya) | None | Ярославль = Yaroslavl
Бурянск = Buryansk |
| Кс (кс) | x | In names like Alexander and Alexey | Александр = Alexander
Алексей = Alexey |
| Ks (ks) | In all other cases | Моксинский = Moksinsky
Ксинск = Ksinsk |
| -ый endings | y | None | Красный = Krasny |
| iy | When it is a commonly accepted convention | an example'' |
| -ий endings | y | "-iy" is also acceptable | Синий = Siny (Siniy) |
| iy | "-y" is also acceptable | Великий = Velikiy (Veliky) |
| i | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Юрий = Yuri |