In Russian, the spelling of the name was changed from to ("Tallin") by the Soviet authorities in the 1950s, and this spelling is still officially sanctioned by the Russian government, while Estonian authorities have been using the spelling in Russian-language publications since the restoration of independence. The form is also used in several other languages in some of the countries that emerged from the former Soviet Union. Due to the Russian spelling, the form "Tallin" is sometimes found in international publications; it is also the official form in Spanish.