Fillable Printable Russian Alphabet Sample Form

Russian Alphabet Sample Form

Russian Alphabet

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

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