If the reader will remember to give strong stress to the syllable marked with an accent in this list, to give the vowels their "continental" value, and pronounce the consonants as in English, a rough approximation to the Russian pronunciation will be obtained. The consonant "kh" sounds rather like the Scottish "ch" in "loch"; the "zh" represents a sound like "s" in "measure"; and the final "v" is pronounced "f."
`Rodion Ro`manovitch Ras`kolnikov: "raskol"=schism or split.
Svidri`gailov
Razu`mikhin: "razum"=reason or common sense.
Marme`ladov: "marmelad"= jam or jelly.
Al`yona I`vanovna
