Germans from Russia Language and Languages

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German
Most materials used to research Germans from Russia is written in German or Russian. However you do not need to speak or read these languages to do research in the records. You will need to know some key words and phrases to understand the records. Language aids that will help you understand German are described in the “Language and Languages” page of the Germany Wiki page.

Russian
A dictionary that will help you understand Russian is:

Smirnitsky, A. I.Русско-Английский словарь = Russian-English Dictionary(Russko-Angliĭskiĭ slovar). Izd. 7oe. Moskva: Izdatel’stvo “Sovetskaia Entsiklopediia”m 1965. (FHL book 491.7321 Sm48r; film 1045410 item 2).Place name in search book.

More Russian Cyrillic alphabet examples are found in the "Handwriting" page.

Transliterating Russian Place Names
The Library has used two transliteration systems in the FamilySearch Catalog to write Russian words using Roman letters.

Transliteration system used in the FamilySearch Catalog for Russian Cyrillic place names:

Transliterating Russian Authors, Titles, and Imprints
Bold letters show variations from the place name transliteration system.

Transliteration system used in the FamilySearch Catalog for Russian Cyrillic authors, titles, and imprints: