[aliher1911]

Fully agree with the view that ё seems out of place and looks like TETЯIS of atari days. Never the less I think you should be careful when generalizing monarch's name conventions more widely. For example King Charles III is called Karl in Russia according to tradition of using german names for monarchs. I never saw this convention applied to common folk names, and any other Charles would be called Charles e.g. Charles Darwin is never called Karl Darwin.

[Andrew_nenakhov]

When it comes to English kings, Charles becoming Karl is not that bad, comparing to James, which somehow becomes Яков (Iakov?!). It is also a mostly one way effect, as Russian names are usually transliterated into English without some special weirdness, even royal names.

Anyway, it is very common to transliterate Пётр as Peter, though Pyotr seems even more common.

[Jorengarenar]

>James, which somehow becomes Яков (Iakov?!)

Quoting Wikipedia: "It is a modern descendant, through Old French James, of Vulgar Latin Iacomus, a derivative version of Latin Iacobus, Latin form of the Hebrew name Jacob"

[Andrew_nenakhov]

Well thanks, Cap! ;)