THE NAMES OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK |
| GrigÓry [GrÍsha] MihÁlovitch LitvÍnov. | | Tat-yÁna [TÁnya] PetrÓvna ShestÓv. | | KapitolÍna MÁrkovna. | | RostislÁv BambÁev. | | SemyÓn YÁkovlevitch VoroshÍlov. | | StepÁn NikolÁevitch Gubar-yÓv. | | MatrÓna SemyÓnovna SuhÁntchikov. | | Tit BindÁsov. | | Pish-TchÁlkin. | | SozÓnt IvÁnitch PotÚgin. | | IrÍna PÁvlovna OsÍnin. | | ValeriÁn VladÍmirovitch RatmÍrov. | 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. |
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