A Note on Transliteration
We have followed a modified version of the Library of Congress system throughout this collection. Names ending in -skii are rendered as -sky, per European usage, whereas names that begin with a ‘soft’ vowel remain consistent with Library of Congress style (thus, Iaroslavsky not Yaroslavsky, Enukidze not Yenukidze, and Iudenich not Yudenich). With a few exceptions (e.g. Got’e) soft signs in names are omitted. Titles in citations and bibliographic entries follow Library of Congress format.