Russian Cyrillic to Latin Transliteration
Transliterate Russian Cyrillic to Latin with the passport (ICAO), GOST 7.79, ISO 9, BGN/PCGN or scholarly system, or Ukrainian rules; or type Latin to get Cyrillic.
ICAO is the system in Russian and other machine-readable passports: no diacritics, Ъ = IE, Ь is dropped, Ю = IU, Я = IA.
| Cyrillic | Latin |
|---|---|
| А а | A a |
| Б б | B b |
| В в | V v |
| Г г | G g |
| Д д | D d |
| Е е | E e |
| Ё ё | E e |
| Ж ж | Zh zh |
| З з | Z z |
| И и | I i |
| Й й | I i |
| К к | K k |
| Л л | L l |
| М м | M m |
| Н н | N n |
| О о | O o |
| П п | P p |
| Р р | R r |
| С с | S s |
| Т т | T t |
| У у | U u |
| Ф ф | F f |
| Х х | Kh kh |
| Ц ц | Ts ts |
| Ч ч | Ch ch |
| Ш ш | Sh sh |
| Щ щ | Shch shch |
| Ъ ъ | Ie ie |
| Ы ы | Y y |
| Ь ь | (not written) |
| Э э | E e |
| Ю ю | Iu iu |
| Я я | Ia ia |
| Ґ ґ | G g |
| Є є | Ie ie |
| І і | I i |
| Ї ї | I i |
| Ў ў | U u |
Russian names and words are written in Latin letters in several official ways, and they do not agree: Юлия is Iuliia in a Russian passport, Yuliya in English news, Julija in linguistics and Ûliâ in ISO 9. This tool converts Cyrillic text with the system you need, shows the full letter chart, and also works the other way, turning phonetic Latin typing such as privet or shchuka into Cyrillic.
How to use this tool
- Type or paste the text.
- Choose Cyrillic → Latin or Latin → Cyrillic.
- For Cyrillic → Latin, pick the system: passport (ICAO), BGN/PCGN for English publications, GOST 7.79 or ISO 9 for documents and libraries, scholarly for linguistics, or the Ukrainian national system.
- Copy the result; the chart below shows every letter in the chosen system.
Formula
Each Cyrillic letter → its Latin equivalent in the chosen table, with a few rules that depend on the neighbouring letters
ICAO Doc 9303 has no diacritics: Ж = ZH, Х = KH, Щ = SHCH, Ъ = IE, Ю = IU, Я = IA, and Ь is dropped. BGN/PCGN writes е as ye at the start of a word and after vowels. GOST 7.79-2000 System B uses only ASCII, with cz/c for Ц and backticks for hard and soft signs; ISO 9 (System A) uses one letter per letter, such as ŝ and č, so it can be reversed exactly. The Ukrainian system follows Cabinet Resolution No. 55 of 2010: г = h, и = y, і = i, and є, ї, й, ю, я change at the start of a word.
Example
The sample Юлия Щербакова, Москва becomes Iuliia Shcherbakova, Moskva in the passport system, Yuliya Shcherbakova in BGN/PCGN, Julija Ščerbakova in the scholarly system and Ûliâ Ŝerbakova in ISO 9. The second line, Съезд в Нижнем Новгороде, becomes Sieezd v Nizhnem Novgorode in ICAO (Ъ = IE).
Frequently asked questions
Which system matches my Russian passport?
Russian international passports issued since 2013 use the ICAO Doc 9303 table, so Юлия appears as IULIIA and Щ as SHCH. Older passports used a different table, so names can differ between documents; airlines and visas follow the passport.
Why are there so many systems?
They serve different needs: ICAO must fit passport machine-readable zones, BGN/PCGN aims at easy English pronunciation, and ISO 9 keeps one Latin letter per Cyrillic letter so the original can be recovered.
Can I get the Cyrillic back from a Latin spelling?
Only approximately. In most systems several Cyrillic letters share one spelling (е and э are both e in ICAO), so the Latin → Cyrillic direction uses phonetic typing rules and may need a touch-up. ISO 9 text is the only kind that can be reversed exactly.
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