Can someone advise on the best way to address postal mail being sent from the US to Russia? It obviously needs to please the postal services of both countries, and a properly addressed piece is less likely to be lost in the mail.
An address was relayed to me in this format:
Ivan Ivanov
123 Main St., 4-5
Some Town, Russia
123456
Is it sufficient to write it exactly like that on the envelope? Or is it better to use Cyrillic for the Russian postal service:
Иван Иванов
123 Главная Ул.
Какой-то Город, Россия
123456
Or, because the US service needs to know to send it there first:
Иван Иванов
123 Главная Ул.
Какой-то Город
123456
Russia
Or some other formatting. It’s been a long time since I sent a letter to Russia, and at the time the address lines were reversed.
Thanks!