Russian alphabet (Cyrillic alphabet) consists of 33 letters divided into 11 vowels, , 20 consonants, and 2 pronunciation signs. Each letter can be either capital or small.

А, Б, В, Г, Д, Е, Ё, Ж, З, И, Й, К, Л, М, Н, О, П, Р, С, Т, У, Ф, Х, Ц, Ч, Ш, Щ, Ъ, Ы, Ь, Э, Ю, Я

The Russian Alphabet

Russian Character	English Equivalent	Sound	Letter Name in Russian
А а	А а	Like “a” in car	“ah”
Б б	B b	Like “b” in bat	“beh”
В в	V v	Like “v” in van	“veh”
Г г	G g	Like “g” in go	“geh”
Д д	D d	Like “d” in dog	“deh”
Е е	YE ye	Like “ye” in yet	“yeh”
Ё ё	YO yo	Like “yo” in yonder	“yo”
Ж ж	Zh zh	Like “s” in measure or pleasure or like “g” in beige (the colour)	“zheh”
З з	Z z	Like “z” in zoo	“zeh”
И и	EE ee	Like “ee” in see	“ee”
Й й	I i or Y y	like “y” in boy or toy	“ee kratkoyeh”
К к	K k	Like “k” in kitten, “c” in cat.	“kah”
Л л	L l	Like “l” in light	“ehl”
М м	M m	Like “m” in mat	“ehm”
Н н	N n	Like “n” in no	“ehn”
О о	Stressed: O o Unstressed: A a	Like “o” in bore Like “a” in car	“oh”
П п	P p	Like “p” in pot	“peh”
Р р	R r	Like “r” in run (rolled)	“ehr”
С с	S s	Like “s” in sam	“ehs”
Т т	T t	Like “t” in tap	“teh”
У у	U u	Like “oo” in boot	“oo”
Ф ф	F f	Like “f” in fat	“ehf”
Х х	H h, KH kh	Like “h” in hello or like the “ch” in Scottish ‘loch’ or German ‘Bach’	“khah”
Ц ц	TS ts	Like “ts” in bits	“tseh”
Ч ч	CH ch	Like “ch” in chip	“cheh”
Ш ш	SH sh (hard)	Like “sh” in shut	“shah”
Щ щ	SH sh (soft)	Like “sh” in sheep	“schyah”
Ъ ъ	Hard Sign	Letter before is hard	“tvyordiy znahk”
Ы ы	I i	Like “i” in ill	“i”
Ь ь	Soft Sign	Letter before is soft	“myagkeey znahk”
Э э	E e	Like “e” in pet	“eh”
Ю ю	YU yu	Like “u” in use or university	“yoo”
Я я	YA ya	Like “ya” in yard.	“yah”