_Explanation of signs used_: _a_, _e_, _i_, _o_, _u_, long, as in
_fate_, _mete_, _mite_, _mote_, _mute_.
_a_, _e_, _i_, _o_, short, as in _add_, _met_, _if_, _off_.
_ö_ like the prolonged sound of _e_ in _her_.
_ä_, the Italian _a_, as in _arm_.
_ï_, the Italian _i_, like _e_.
_o_, in the syllables of most Russian words, has a sound between _o_
and _o_. For typographical reasons, however, we give simply the _o_,
advising that the vowel sound be not made too long.
_u_, in most Russian syllables, has a liquid sound like _yu_.
Consonants, when succeeding one another, unite their sounds rapidly.
Thus, in _Svi-at´o-slaf_, the sounds of _s_ and _v_ follow one another
much as _s_ and _t_ unite in the English word _step_.
Altai´; altäï.
Apemas; ä´pe-mas.
Askold; as´kold.
Baikal; ba´kal.
Blachernae; blä-cher´nae.
Buslaivitch; bus-la-é-vitch.
Dir; dïr.
Dnieper; dnee´per.
Dniester; dnee´ster.
Dwina; dwi´na, or dwï´na.
Esthonia; es-tho´nia.
Ezeroum; ez-er-oom´.
Finningia; fin-ning´ia.
Galitsch; gäl´-itsch.
Gallicia; gallic´ia.
Iaroslaf; yar´o-slaf.
Iaropolk; yar´o-polk.
Idano; ï-dä´-no.
Ienikale; yen-i-kä´le.
Igor; i´gor.
Ilmen; il´men.
Izborsk; iz´borsk.
Kalmuck; käl´mook.
Kama; kä´ma.
Karaites; kar-a´tes.
Karamsin; kar-äm-sin´.
Kazan; kä-zän´.
Kazarui; kä-zar-uï´.
Kherson; ker´son.
Kiakta; kï-a´kta.
Kief; keef.
Kirghiz; keer´jeez.
Kliasma; klï-as´ma.
Koenigsberg; kö´-nigs-berg.
Kroats; kro´äts.
Kroatia; kro-a´tia.
Kuria; qu´ria.
Kyrie Eleison; ky´rie el-ei´-son. (Lord, have mercy upon us.
Opening of the Greek Liturgy.)
Lithuania; lith-u-a´nia.
Livonia; liv-o´nia.
Meria; me´ria.
Mikula Selianinovitch; mik´-u-la
sel-ian-in´ovitch.
Mir; mïr.
Morea; mo-re´a.
Moscow; mos´ko.
Moskova; mos-ko´va.
Mstislaf; ms-ti´slaf.
Murom; mu´rom.
Muromians; mu-ro´mians.
Mursk; mursk.
Neva; ne´va.
Niemen; nee´men.
Nijni-Novgorod (Lower Novgorod); nijnï-novgorod.
Novgorod-severski; nov´gorod-sever´ski.
Novgorod (Veliki, or the Great); nov´gorod.
Oka; o´ka.
Okof; o´kof.
Oleg; o´leg.
Olga; ol´ga.
Olgovitchi; ol-go-vitch´ï.
Osmomuisl; os-mom´u-isl.
Peïpus; pay´ee-pus.
Perum; pa´rum.
Periaslaf; pe-ri´a-slaf.
Petchenegs; petch´en-egs.
Polotsk; pol´otsk.
Polovtsui; pol-ov-tsuï´.
Poliane; po-li-ä-né´.
Pskof; pskof.
Riazan; rï-a-zan´.
Rogneda; rog-ne´-da.
Rurik; ru´rik.
Russkia pravda; russ-ki´ya präv´da.
Rostof; rost´of.
Samoyedes; sam´oi-ëdes.
Scythia; cith´ia.
Sineus; sin´-e-us.
Slav; släv.
Slavic; släv´ic.
Slavonic; släv-on´ic.
Slavonia; släv-on´ia.
Staraïa Rusa; star-a´-ya ru´-sa.
Stanovoi; stän-o-voï´.
Sud; sood.
Suzdal; suz´däl.
Sviatoslaf; svï-ä-´to-slaf.
Tatar; tä´tar.
Taurid; tau´rid.
Tcheki; tchek´ï.
Tcherkess; cher´kess.
Tchernigof; cher´ni-gof.
Tcheremisa; tcher-e-mïs´a.
Tchudi; tchu´di.
Tchud; tchud.
Tobolsk; to´bolsk.
Toropets; to´ro-pets.
Truvor; tru´vor.
Tsargrad; tsar´grad.
Ukase; yu-kase.
Valdai; väl-däï´.
Varangian: vä-räng´ian.
Variag; vä´ri-ag.
Variag-Slav; vid. Variag and Slav.
Vasili; vas´-i-li.
Veliki; vel-ï´-ki.
Ves; ves.
Vetché; vetch´é.
Vladimir; vläd´i-mïr.
Voivodui; voï-vo-dui´.
Volhynia; vol-hyn´ia.
Volkhof; volk´hof.
Volos; vo´los.
Zagorodni; zä-go-rod´-ni.
Zimisces; zim-is´ces.