[Milsurplus] Cyrillic Equivalents

[Mike Morrow]

>  Now it all makes sense.  I had forgotten about the C/S thingy.

There are a few easy-to-remember equivalents between the Russian
Cyrillic and the Roman character set.

Russian    English
Cyrillic   Roman
   B         V
   C         S
   H         N
   P         R
   X         H
Backward N   I
Backward R   (YA sound)

We had a discussion here several weeks ago about a Russian 6X6 tube,
which is equivalent to our 6H6.

Many mysterious Russian words can be decoded by knowing just those
few characters:

1.  PECTOPAH = RESTORAN  (restaurant)
2.  M[backward N]P = MIR (peace)
3.  MOCBA = MOSVA  (Moscow)

are just a few of many thousands of similar cases.  Learn a few more
Cyrillic equivalents for our B, D, F, G, L, P, U, plus the several
Cyrillic characters representing various ch, chch, sh, and shsh sounds,
and there'll be many words on a typical page of Russian Cyrillic text
for which the English equivalent will become apparent.

I regret not having formally studied the Russian language.  Cyrillic makes
it more exotic.  That's what I thought in 1973 when I got a chance to examine
Soviet moored/submerged sonobouy/radio-link gear that had been recovered
from the Baltic by the West German Navy.  Every piece was well-labeled in
Russian...no attempt was made to hide the source of the gear.  I guess there
wouldn't have been any point to that.

Mike / KK5F