Cyrillic alphabet

A
a like mama

Азбука/
Azbuka
Alphabet
PassionForRussian.com

Б
b like baby

Байкал/
Baikal
The deepest freshwater lake in the world, located in
Eastern Russia. PassionForRussian.com

В
v like violin

Вертолет Сикорского/
Vertolyot Sikorskovo
Igor Sikorsky was a Russian-American aviation
pioneer.

Г
g like good

Гагарин/
Gagarin
(Yuri) Russian cosmonaut; the first man in space.

Д
d like dollar

Достоевский/
Dostoevsky:
(Fyoder) A 9th century Russian author.

Е
ye like yet

Екатерина вторая/
Yekaterina vtoraya*
Ruled during Russian’s golden age from 1762 – 1796.

Ё
yo like yo yo

Ёжик в Тумане/
Yozhik v Tumanye
A Russian cartoon.

Ж
zh like measure

Жуковский/
Zhukovsky
(Nikolay) A Russian scientist and a founding father of
modern aero- and hydrodynamics.

З
z like zebra

Зерноуборочная машина/
Zernouborochnaya mashina

И
ee like beet

Русская Империя/
Russkaya Eempeeria
One of the largest empires in world history, in
existence from 1721 – 1917.

Й
y like yet

Чайковский/
Tchaikovsky
(Pyotr) Russian composer.

К
k like kite

Кандинский/
Kandinsky
(Vasily) Russian painter and art theorist.

Л
l like love

Луноход/
Lunokhod
Soviet robotic lunar rover.

М
m like money

Малевич/
Malevich
(Kazimir) Russian painter and art theoretician.

Н
n like never

Набоков/
Nabokov
(Vladimir) Russian novelist.

О
o like nose

Орбитальная станция/
Orbitalnaya stantsiya
The Soviet Union launched the first space
station in 1971. PassionForRussian.com

П
p like pie

Периодическая таблица/
Periodicheskaya tablitsa
Created by Russian chemist, Dmitri Mendeleev.

Р
r like Russian

Русский балет/
Russkiy Balyet
Sergei Diaghilev established the Ballets Russes, a
world-renowned ballet company.

С
s like sister

Спутник/
Sputnik
Sputnik-1 was the first artificial Earth satellite,
launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.PassionForRussian.com

Т
t like toy

Телевидение/
Televideniye
Invented by Russian scientist, Boris Rosing.

У
oo like boot

Ушанка/
Ushanka
Russian fur cap with ear flaps.

Ф
f like fish

Фишт/
Fisht
A mountain peak in the Western Caucasus, after which
the Olympic stadium is named.

Х
h like hat
Slightly harder than the English h

Хохлома/
Khokhloma
Russian wood painting handicraft.

Ц
ts like nets

Циолковский/
Tsiolkovsky
(Konstantin) Russian and Soviet rocket scientist.

Ч
ch like chip

Чехов/
Chekhov
Russian author; considered to be one of the greatest short
story writers in history.


Ш
sh like shoe

Шагал/
Chagall
Russian-French artist.

Щ
sh like sheep
slightly different from the ш

Щусев/
Shchusev
(Alexey) Russian and Soviet architect.

Ъ
hard sign
No sound of its own

Пушкин/
Pushkin
(Alexander) Russian author; considered to be the
father of Russian literature.

Ы
i like sin

Мы/
Mi

Ь
Soft sign
No sound of its own.

Любовь/
Lubov’
Love. Also a Russian woman’s name.

Э
e like bet

Эйзенштейн/
Eisenstein
(Sergei) Soviet-Russian film director and
film theorist. PassionForRussian.com

Ю
u like cute

Парашют/
Parashyut
Invented by Russian-Soviet inventor,
Gleb Kotelnikov. PassionForRussian.com

Я
ya like yacht

Россия/
Rossiya

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