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Originally Posted by arpad_m
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Well, the proper transcription would be "Semion", but for some reason people started using plain transliteration (Семён => S, E, M, E, N => Semen) even though ё is pronounced "io". Someone who speaks Russian (or remembers more than I forgot, heh) might be able to explain in more depth.
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I'd argue that the proper transcription would be Semyon (at least that's how I've always seen it), but otherwise you nailed it.
