AFRICAN SEME'NITCH PIGA'SOV.

BASSI'STOFF.

MLLE. BONCOURT.




In transcribing the Russian names into English--

a has the sound of a in father.
er , , air.
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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