Indexing Ukrainian letters in Russian batches

Samantha Peatross

I posted this question under indexing as well. I hope that's ok.

Hi, I'm trying to index a batch from the Российская империя (Украина), Киевские исповедные ведомости collection. I keep running into the occasional usage of Ukrainian "i" in place of Russian "и". Do I default to Russian spellings or record what I see?

Thanks!

IgorYa

Hello,

the occasional i is most likely the pre-1917 Russian orthography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_alphabet#Letters_eliminated_in_1917%E2%80%9318

unless the entire document of at least the word is in Ukrainian. I'd say use i if the document is in Ukrainian and и if it's in Russian.

Best regards,

Igor.

Samantha Peatross

Thanks a lot for your help, Igor!