Russian Alphabet / Алфабет
The Russian alphabet is written in "cyrillic" script. Some of the letters are pronounced the same as in english, while others are differently pronounced, and the rest of the letters do not exist at all in the English alphabet.
There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, containing 10 vowels, 1 "semi-vowel" and 2 pronounciation "signs" that are neither vowals nor consonants:
| Russian Letter | Type | Similar Letter in English / Sound | Name of Letter / Pronounciation | Russian word (name) containing letter | How to pronounce name in English |
| А а | Vowel | A | "Ah" | Алиса | Alisa |
| Б б | Consonant | B | "Beh" | Борис | Boris |
| В в | Consonant | V | "Veh" | Владимир | Vladimir |
| Г г | Consonant | G | "Geh" | Галина | Galina |
| Д д | Consonant | D | "Deh" | Дмитрий | Dmitri |
| Е е | Vowel | E | "Yeh" | Ева | Yevah (Eva) |
| Ё ё | Vowel | Yo | "Yoh" | Пётр | Pyotr (similar to Peter) |
| Ж ж | Consonant | J | "Jheh" | Жак | Jhak (Jaques Cousteau) |
| З з | Consonant | Z | "Zheh" | Зина | Zina |
| И и | Vowel | I / E | "Eeh" | Игорь | Igor |
| Й й | Semivowel | Y | "Eey" | Николай | Nicolai |
| К к | Consonant | K | "Kah" | Костя | Kostya |
| Л л | Consonant | L | "El" | Лена | Lena |
| М м | Consonant | M | "Em" | Марина | Marina |
| Н н | Consonant | N | "En" | Наташа | Natasha |
| О о | Vowel | O | "Oh" | Оксана | Oxana |
| П п | Consonant | P | "Peh" | Павел | Pavel |
| Р р | Consonant | R | "Er" (roll RRR) | Роман | Roman |
| С с | Consonant | S | "Es" | Светлана | Svetlana |
| Т т | Consonant | T | "Teh" | Таня | Tanya |
| У у | Vowel | U | "Ooh" | Руслан | Ruslan |
| Ф ф | Consonant | F | "Ef" | Фаина | Faina |
| Х х | Consonant | H | "Ha" | Михайл | Mihail (Michael) |
| Ц ц | Consonant | Ts | "Tseh" | Липецк (city) | Lipetsk |
| Ч ч | Consonant | Ch | "Cheh" | Чернобиль (city) | Chernobyl |
| Ш ш | Consonant | Sh | "Shah" | Саша | Sasha |
| Щ щ | Consonant | Sch | "Schah" | Мещовск (city) | Meshchovsk |
| Ь ь | Soft Sign | none (soft sign) | "мягкий знак" | Ольга | Olga |
| Ы ы | Vowel | E | "Eiuwh" | Богатырь | Bogateir |
| Ъ ъ | Hard sign | none (hard sign) | "твёрдый знак" | съезд (exit/ramp) | "s'yezd" |
| Э э | Vowel | E | "Eh" | Мэлор | Melor |
| Ю ю | Vowel | U | "Yu" | Юля | Yulya (similar Julia) |
| Я я | Vowel | Ya | "Yah" | Костя | Kostya |
In Russian, alphabet is "алфабет"
Next, you should learn about Russian spelling rules: some Russian letters cannot be used with others.
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Russian Letters in Cursive
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