Russian Transliteration
Convert Russian Cyrillic text to a visible, deterministic Latin romanization and reverse it when needed. The mapping is printed on the page, longest sequences such as shch are resolved before shorter ones, and punctuation, spaces and case are preserved. This is character transliteration, not translation or official passport spelling.
Deterministic character transliteration, not translation or passport spelling.
Privet, mir! Shchuka i Sharik.
The reverse direction uses longest-match sequences, so shch resolves to Щ before sh resolves to Ш. Punctuation and spaces pass through unchanged.
Published mapping
а
a
б
b
в
v
г
g
д
d
е
e
ё
yo
ж
zh
з
z
и
i
й
j
к
k
л
l
м
m
н
n
о
o
п
p
р
r
с
s
т
t
у
u
ф
f
х
kh
ц
ts
ч
ch
ш
sh
щ
shch
ъ
"
ы
y
ь
'
э
e
ю
yu
я
ya
Common questions
- Does transliteration translate Russian?
- No. It changes characters between Cyrillic and Latin according to the published table. The words keep their meaning and are not translated.
- Why does Щ become shch?
- The scheme uses shch for Щ and sh for Ш so the two letters remain distinct and reversible.
- Is this official passport transliteration?
- No. It is a documented character scheme for readable text and round trips. Official forms can use a different standard and should follow their own instructions.
- Are punctuation and numbers preserved?
- Yes. Characters outside the published Cyrillic or Latin sequences pass through unchanged, including spaces, punctuation and numbers.
The published character table determines every conversion. Reverse mode uses longest-match sequences, while glyph appearance and pronunciation remain dependent on the reader; this page makes no legal or passport-spelling claim.