IIHF Transcription of Russian

Transcription principles: 1. Sound-emulating (i.e. Yeremeyev instead of Eremeev)

2. Consistency (same spelling for same name)
3. Simplicity (i.e. Vitali instead of Vitaliy)

Russian English Variants Examples

А (а) A (a) Anton
Б (б) B (b) Boris
В (в) V (v) Vitali
Г (г) G (g) Grigorenko
Д (д) D (d) Davidenko
Е (е) Ye (ye) if 1st letter Yevgeni
after vowels Yeremeyev
Ie (ie) after ь, ъ Zinoviev
E (e) in all other cases Medvedev
Ё (ѐ) Yo (yo) Semyon, Fyodor, Artyom
Ж (ж) Zh (zh) Zherdev
З (з) Z (z) Zaripov
И (и) I (i) Nikitin
Й (й) I (i) Kanareikin, Bobruisk
К (к) K (k) Kalinin
Л (л) L (l) Lisin
М (м) M (m) Malkin
Н (н) N (n) Nikolai
О (о) O (o) Ovechkin
П (п) P (p) Petrov
Р (р) R (r) Radulov
С (с) S (s) Sergei
Т (т) T (t) Tarasov
У (у) U (u) Ufa
Ф (ф) F (f) Fyodor
Х (х) Kh (kh) Khomutov, Kharlamov
Ц (ц) Ts (ts) Tsar, Cherepovets
Ч (ч) Ch (ch) Chistov, Chelyabinsk
Ш (ш) Sh (sh) Shirokov
Щ (щ) Sh (sh) Mytishi, Troshinski
Ъ (ъ) [none]
Ь (ь) [none]
Ы (ы) Y (y) Bykov, Mytishi, Barys
Э (э) E (e) Enver, Eduard
Ю (ю) Yu (yu) Yulia, Yurzinov, Yulayev
Я (я) Ya (ya) Yaroslav, Vyacheslav, Tatyana

Simplifing Rules
iy or ii => i Sergei, Vitali, Maria, Xenia, Sushinski
ks => x Alexander, Alexei, Maxim
xandr => xander Alexander

International Ice Hockey Federation 10.02.2011