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There are 33 letters in the Russian language, however there exist many more sounds as one and the same letter can indicate several sounds.

Table 1.

Letters		Name of the letter	Sound	Similar English Sounds
Printed	Hand written
Аа		а	[а]	like ar in “far”
Бб		бэ	[б]	like b in “but”
Вв		вэ	[в]	like v in “voice”
Гг		гэ	[г]	like g in “get”
Дд		дэ	[д]	like d in “day”
Ее		е	[йэ]	like ye in “yet”
Ёё		Ёe	[йо]	like yo in “your
Жж		жэ	[ж]	like s in “pleasure”
Зз		зэ	[з]	like z in “zone”
Ии		и	[и]	like ee in “meet”
Йй		short и	[й]	like y in “boy”
Кк		ка	[к]	like k in “skate”
Лл		эл	[л]	like l in “look”
Мм		эм	[м]	like m in “may”
Нн		эн	[н]	like n in “not”
Оо		о	[о]	like or in “port”
Пп		пэ	[п]	like p in “spoon”
Рр		эр	[р]	like r in “rock”
Сс		эс	[с]	like s in “smoke”
Тт		тэ	[т]	like t in “tie”
Уу		у	[у]	like oo in “moon”
Фф		эф	[ф]	like f in “foot”
Хх		ха	[х]	like ch in the Scottish “loch”
Цц		цэ	[ц]	like ts in “boots”
Чч		чэ	[ч]	like ch in “chair”
Шш		ша	[ш]	like sh in “shell”
Щщ		ща	[щ]	like sh ch in “Danish charter” (pronounced as one word)
ъ		hard sign
ы			[ы]	like i in “wind”
ь		soft sign
Ээ		э	[э]	like e in “bet”
Юю		ю	[йу]	like you in “youth”
Яя		я	[йя]	like yar in “yard”

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