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1.1. The Russian Alphabet

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Aa Бб Вв Гг Дд Ее Ёё Жж Зз Ии Йй Кк Лл Мм Нн Оо Пп Рр Сс Тт Уу Фф Хх Цц Чч Шш Щщ Ъъ Ыы Ьь Ээ Юю Яя
  • ​There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet. There are 21 consonants, 10 vowels, and 2 unpronounced signs that indicate the pronunciation of the consonant they follow.​The gender of nouns referring to people is determined by the biological sex of the person, while the gender of all other nouns is determined by their endings.
Letters by Type
Hard Vowels
  • Aa Ээ Оо Уу Ыы

Soft Vowels ​​​​
  • Яя Ее Ёё Юю ​Ии ​

Velars
  • Гг Кк Хх 

Sibilants
  • Жж Чч Шш Щщ 

Consonants
  • Бб Вв Гг Дд Жж Зз Кк Лл Мм Нн Пп Рр Сс Тт Фф Хх Цц Чч Шш Щщ

The ​Hard Sign
  • Ъъ​

The ​Soft Sign
  • Ьь

  • 1.1.1. The Russian Alphabet
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1.1.1.1. Introduction to the Russian Alphabet

Russian letter
​Aa​
​Бб
Вв
Гг
Дд
Ее
Ёё
Жж
Зз
Ии
Йй
​Кк
Лл
Мм
Нн
Оо
Пп
Рр
Сс
Тт
Уу
Фф
Хх
Цц
Чч
Шш
Щщ
Ъъ
Ыы
Ьь
Ээ
Юю
Яя
Approximate English Equivalent
​a, as in father
b, as in bet
v, as in vet
​g, as in get (velar)
d, as in door
ye, as in yet
yo, as in yodel
zh, as in pleasure (sibilant)
z, as in zip
e, as in eel
y, or 'short и', as in toy
k, as in kit (velar)
l, as in let
m, as in met
n, as in net
o, as in open
p, as in pet
r, as in Spanish pero
s, as in set
t, as in ten
oo, as in coop
f, as in fat
ch, as in Scottish loch (velar)
ts, as in its (sibilant)
ch, as in chip (sibilant)
sh, as in show (sibilant)
shch, as in fresh cheese (sibilant)
hard sign
i, as in hill
soft sign
e, as in edit
u, as in use
ya, as in yacht​
Letter Name
а
бэ
​вэ
гэ
дэ
е
ё
жэ
зэ
и
и кра́ткое
ка
эль
эм
эн
o
пэ
эр
эс
тэ
у
эф
ха
цэ
че
ша
ща
твёрдый знак
ы
мя́гкий знак
э оборóтное
ю
я
​Italicized
Aa​

​Бб
Вв
Гг
Дд
Ее
Ёё
Жж
Зз
Ии
Йй
​Кк
Лл
Мм
Нн
Оо
Пп
Рр
Сс
Тт
Уу
Фф
Хх
Цц
Чч
Шш
Щщ
Ъъ
Ыы
Ьь
Ээ
Юю
Яя
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