Russian Alphabet
Russian Alphabet
Russian Alphabet
The Russian language uses the Cyrillic letters which are similar to the Roman alphabet, but
are pronounced a bit different and sometimes the similar way of writing is even confusing.
You can see the Russian alphabet with transliteration below.
Capital Small Pronunciation Example
À à [a] a in ask
Á á [b] b in bike
 â [v] v in vote
à ã [g] g in get
Ä ä [d] d in deck
Å å [ye] ye in yes
¨ ¸ [yo] yo in yogurt
Æ æ [zh] s in measure
Ç ç [z] z in zed
È è [i] i in mister
É é [y] y in yes
Ê ê [k] k in key
Ë ë [l] l in land
Ì ì [m] m in make
Í í [n] n in no
Î î [o] o in clock
Ï ï [p] p in pack
Ð ð [r] r in rate
Ñ ñ [s] s in small
Ò ò [t] t in take
Ó ó [u] u in full
Ô ô [f] f in fact
Õ õ [kh] h in house
Ö ö [ts] ts in gifts
× ÷ [tsh] ch in chalk
Ø ø [sh] sh in shake
Ù ù [sh'] sh in sheep
Ú ú - not pronounced, means no palatalization for the previous consonant
Û û [i] i in still
Ü ü - not pronounced, means palatalization of the previous consonant
Ý ý [e] e in let
Þ þ [yu] u in user
ß ÿ [ya] ya in yahoo
The good part of Russian language is that the words are written in the way they are
pronounced and one character is always read in the same way. Meanwhile, in English
language the characters are pronounced in different way, depending on the syllables, etc.
So, once you learn the Russian letters, you can read any Russian text correctly yourself.