The Russian Alphabet
The table below shows the letters of the Russian alphabet, their
English transliteration and pronunciation. Russian is a form of the
Cyrillic alphabet versions of which are also used in Belarusian,
Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz
and Mongolian.
| Uppercase |
Lowercase |
English Pronunciation |
English Transliteration |
| А |
а |
a in farm |
a |
| Б |
б |
b in bit |
b |
| В |
в |
v in vine |
v |
| Г |
г |
g in going |
g |
| Д |
д |
d in dog |
d |
| Е |
е |
ye in yet |
ye or e |
| Ж |
ж |
g in genre, s in pleasure, or zh |
yo |
| З |
з |
z in zoo |
zh |
| И |
и |
ee in see |
i |
| Й |
й |
y in yes |
i, y or j |
| К |
к |
k in kitchen |
k |
| Л |
л |
l in laugh |
l |
| М |
м |
m in mat |
m |
| Н |
н |
n in not |
n |
| О |
о |
al in chalk |
o |
| П |
п |
p in pepper |
p |
| Р |
р |
rolled r |
r |
| С |
с |
s in see |
s |
| Т |
т |
t in tip |
t |
| У |
у |
oo in booth |
u |
| Ф |
ф |
f in fat |
f |
| Х |
х |
ch in Bach |
kh or h |
| Ц |
ц |
ts in hits |
ts |
| Ч |
ч |
ch in chair |
ch |
| Ш |
ш |
sh in shout |
sh |
| Щ |
щ |
sh in sheer |
sch |
| Ъ |
ъ |
when placed after a consonant, indicates it is not
palatalized |
' |
| Ы |
ы |
i in pill |
y |
| Ь |
ь |
when placed after a consonant, indicates a softened
pronunciation |
' |
| Э |
э |
e in bet |
e |
| Ю |
ю |
u in use |
yu |
| Я |
я |
ya in yard |
ya |