The Russian Alphabet

The Russian Cyrillic alphabet consists of 33 letters, 11 vowels, 20 consonants and 2 letters which do not have a sound (instead they make the word harder or softer). Also hand written Russian looks different to printed Russian. Click on the letters in the above app to hear how they sound.

Below you can see each of the cyrillic letters, hand written, keyboard characters and listen to the pronunciation.

Keyboard Letter	English Equivalent	Hand Written Letter	Audio
А а	А а
Б б	B b
В в	V v
Г г	G g
Д д	D d
Е е	YE ye
Ё ё	YO yo
Ж ж	Zh zh
З з	Z z
И и	EE ee
Й й	I i or Y y
К к	K k
Л л	L l
М м	M m
Н н	N n
О о	Stressed: O o and Un-stressed: A a
П п	P p
Р р	R r
С с	S s
Т т	T t
У у	U u
Ф ф	F f
Х х	H h or KH kh
Ц ц	TS ts
Ч ч	CH ch
Ш ш	SH sh
Щ щ	SH sh
Ъ ъ	Hard Sign - This Character does not have a sound it makes the previous letter sound harder.
Ы ы	I i
Ь ь	Soft Sign - This Character does not have a sound it makes the previous letter sound softer.
Э э	E e
Ю ю	YU yu
Я я	YA ya