Cyrillic to Latin script

Transliteration from Russian Cyrillic script to Latin/Roman script.

Cyrillic script is a writing system used for various alphabets across Eurasia. Early Cyrillic script was developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 9th century AD at the Preslav Literary School. It is the basis of alphabets used in various past and present languages, and is particularly related to the original Slavic culture and its regions of influence. Cyrillic script constitutes nowadays the official alphabet for diverse national languages accounting for about 250 millions of speakers. Cyrillic is a derivative from the Greek uncial script with additions from the older Glagolitic alphabet, adopted by the Old Slavonic Church. The script is named after Byzantine saint Cyril, who took prime part in the creation of the primitive Glagolitic alphabet. Cyrillic script was developed and formalized by early disciples of Cyril and his brother Methodius. The modern Cyrillic script dates from the early 18th century, when it was heavily reformed by Peter the Great, who introduced a new alphabet which was closer to the Latin alphabet, with some archaic letters removed and others personally designed by the monarch himself. Besides, the typographic system from West Europe was adopted in Russia.