Russian Alphabet (Modern)

A        a        a [a]                                          a
Б        б        бэ [bɛ]                                       b
B        в        вэ [vɛ]                                        v
Г        г         гэ [gɛ]                                       g / h
Д       д         дэ [dɛ]                                       d
E        e         e [je]                                          e / ye
Ё        ё         ё [jo]                                          o / yo
Ж       ж        жэ [ʐɛ]                                      zh
З        з          зэ [zɛ]                                        z
И       и          и [i]                                           i
Й       й          и кpaткoe [i 'kra.tkə.ı]               y
К       к          ка [ka]                                       k
Л       л          эль [elʲ]                                      l
M      м          эм [ɛm]                                     m
H       н          эн [ɛn]                                      n
O       o          o [o]                                          o
П       п          пэ [pɛ]                                      p
P        p          эp [ɛr]                                       r
C        c          эc [ɛs]                                       s
T        т          тэ [tɛ]                                        t
У       y           y [u]                                          u
Ф       ф          эф [ɛf]                                       f
X       x           xa [xa]                                      kh
Ц       ц          цэ [t͡sɛ]                                      ts
Ч       ч           чэ [t͡ɕe]                                     ch
Ш      ш          ша [ʃa]                                      sh
Щ      щ          щa [ɕɕa]                                    shch
Ъ       ъ          твёрдый знак ['tvʲo.rdɨj znak]   (stresses preceding consonant)
Ы      ы          ы [ɨ]                                          y
Ь        ь          мягкий знак ['mʲæxʲkʲɪj znak]    (softens preceding vowel)
Э       э           э [ɛ]                                          e
Ю      ю          ю [ju]                                       u / yu
Я       я           я [ja]                                         ya

Did you know that твёрдый знак means "solid mark," and мягкий знак means "soft mark" in Russian? This actually describes the duty of the letters themselves!
The modern Russian alphabet is a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet and contains 33 letters. The variations of the Cyrillic alphabet are the Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Belarusian, and Macedonian alphabets.

Introduction

Hello. Welcome to a program specially designed to help teach the Russian language for those who either want to perfect it or become fluent in it. There will be many lessons and activities that will help you memorize the lessons. The best part? No homework required! Prepare to learn!

Gilbert Martinez

Instructor