Pre-Reform Russian Orthography Cheat Sheet


The purpose of this document is to assist individuals working with publications issued in pre-reform or non-standard Russian orthography. Individuals working with these publications may need to be able to convert bibliographic data from pre-reform to modern orthography, and vice versa, in order to search and provide additional access points in bibliographic and authority records.

This document summarizes systematic correspondences between pre-reform and modern Russian spelling, and lists other common variations where special attention may be needed.