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There are 33 letters in the Russian
Alphabet: 10 vowels, 21 consonants, and 2 signs (ü, ú). |
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Click each letter to listen, then click
again and repeat after speaker imitating the pronunciation as
closely as you can. |
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Letter |
Name of Letter |
Similar English Sound |
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À à |
à |
like ar in far |
Á á |
be |
like b in box |
 â |
ve |
like v in voice |
à ã |
ge |
like g in go |
Ä ä |
de |
like d in day |
Å å |
ye |
like ye in yet or e in
exit |
¨ ¸ |
yo |
like yo in your |
Æ æ |
zhe |
like s in pleasure |
Ç ç |
ze |
like z in zoo |
È
è |
ee |
like ee in meet |
É
é |
ee kratkoye (short i) |
like y in boy |
Ê
ê |
ka |
like k in key or c in cat |
Ë
ë |
el |
like l in lamp |
Ì
ì |
em |
like m in man |
Í
í |
en |
like n in note |
Î
î |
o |
like o in not |
Ï
ï |
pe |
like p in pet |
Ð
ð |
er |
like r in rock (but rolled) |
Ñ
ñ |
es |
like s in sun |
Ò
ò |
te |
like t in table |
Ó
ó |
oo |
like oo in moon |
Ô
ô |
ef |
like f in food |
Õ
õ |
kha |
like ch in Scottish loch |
Ö
ö |
tse |
like ts in boots |
×
÷ |
che |
like ch in chat |
Ø
ø |
sha |
like sh in short |
Ù
ù |
shcha |
like sh_ch in fresh_cheese |
ú |
tviordiy znak (hard sign) |
has no sound |
û |
ih* |
like i in ill |
ü |
myagkiy znak (soft sign) |
has no sound |
Ý
ý |
e |
like e in end |
Þ
þ |
yoo |
like u in use |
ß
ÿ |
ya |
like ya in yard |
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* ih - "h" had been added to produce a more open sound, but is not
pronounced as an English "h". |
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