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Spelling of the Names

Here are transliteration rules of the names mentioned on this site:

- a - b - v - g - d - ye in the beginning of words, e in other cases - yo - zh

- z - i - y - k - l - m - n - o - p

- r - s - t - u - f - kh - ts - ch - sh

- shch - nothing at the end of words or before consonant, i - before vowel - y - i - e - yu - ya

The names you are looking for may differ from names used on this site, for the following reasons.

1. Names were changed historically or according to the political situation:

Malcha >>> Malech - historical
Brest-Litovsk >>> Brest - historical
Kartuz-Bereza >>> Bereza - political
Bluden >>> Pervomayskaya - political

2. In different periods the modern territoty of Brest region was a part of the Russian Empire and a part of Poland. You may have a name with Polish origins. If this is the case, try the following replacements:

For example:
Brzesc >>> Brest
Szylin >>> Shilin
Sielec >>> Selets

3. Names may be translated from Belorussian to English. Changes are affecting mostly to vowels. For example:

Byaroza >>> Beryoza
Sakalova >>> Sokolovo
Tselyakhany >>> Telekhany
Dragichyn >>> Drogichin

4. In Russian the letter is printing frequently without dots over it. So this letter may be translated to English as e instead of yo.

Beryoza is equal to Bereza
Novosyolki is equal to Novoselki

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