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# Capitalize all words that should be capitalized by the rules of Russian grammar, i.e. proper nouns, titles, starts of sentences, etc.
# Capitalize all words that should be capitalized by the rules of Russian grammar, i.e. proper nouns, titles, starts of sentences, etc.


===Rationale===
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Rationale: words in Russian are generally much longer than English ones and sentences with longs words tend to look better when only the first word is capitalized. Capital letters at the beginning of each long word look unnatural and unconventional.
Words in Russian are generally much longer than English ones and sentences with longs words tend to look better when only the first word is capitalized. Capital letters at the beginning of each long word look unnatural and unconventional.


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Revision as of 07:28, 7 July 2009

This page outlines the capitalization rules for the Russian language. It forms part of the MusicBrainz CapitalizationStandard.

In English

Rules for capitalizing Russian titles are simple and straight-forward:

  1. Capitalize first word of title, all other words in lower case, except for:
  2. Capitalize all words that should be capitalized by the rules of Russian grammar, i.e. proper nouns, titles, starts of sentences, etc.

Rationale

Words in Russian are generally much longer than English ones and sentences with longs words tend to look better when only the first word is capitalized. Capital letters at the beginning of each long word look unnatural and unconventional.