ðə sˈoʊviəts bɪɡˈæn baɪ sˈɪmplᵻfˌaɪɪŋ ðə pˈɜːʒən ˈælfəbˌɛt ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti θɹˈiː, bᵻfˌoːɹ mˈuːvɪŋ tʊ ɐ lˈætɪnbˈeɪst sˈɪstəm ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti sˈɛvən.
The Soviets began by simplifying the Persian alphabet in 1923, before moving to a Latin-based system in 1927.