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 has the sound of a in pane.
i has the sound of ee.
u has the sound of oo.
y is always consonantal except when it is the last letter of a word.
g is always hard.
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