nikola’i [nicolas] arte’myevitch sta’hov.

a’nna vassi’lyevna.

ele’na [le’notchka, helene] nikola’evna.

zo’ya [zoe] niki’tishna mu’ller.

andre’i petro’vitch berse’nyev.

pa’vel [paul] ya’kovlitch (or ya’kovitch) shu’bin.

dmi’tri nikano’rovitch (or nikano’ritch) insa’rov.

yego’r andre’itch kurnato’vsky.

uva’r iva’novitch sta’hov.

augusti’na christia’novna.

a’nnushka.

in transcribing the russian names into english —

a has the sound of a in father.

e,, . . . . . . . . . . . . .a in pane.

i,, . . . . . . . . . . . . .ee.

u,,. . . . . . . . . . . . . oo.

y is always consonantal except when it is

the last letter of the word.

g is always hard.