The Russian alphabet (also called the Cyrillic alphabet) is listed below in alphabetical order, except for the letters е and ё, which are not distinguished from each other in alphabetical listings such as dictionaries. The two dots over ё /yo/ stand for stress; elsewhere stress is marked with ... e.g. є ќ etc. Stress is not marked in ordinary Russian texts — only in textbooks, dictionaries, etc. The English 'equivalents' are only rough approximations.
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А а а a as in father П п пэ p as in pet
Б б бэ b as in bet Р р эр (none; cf. Spanish trilled r)
В в вэ v as in vet С с эс s as in set
Г г гэ g as in get Т т тэ t as in tap
Д д дэ d as in debt У у у u as in brute
Е е е ye as in yet Ф ф эф f as in fat
Ё ё ё yo as in York Х х ха (none; cf. German ch)
Ж ж же z as in seizure Ц ц це ts as in bolts
З з зэ z as in zoom Ч ч че ch as in chin
И и и i as in machine Ш ш ша sh as in shin
Й й и крђткое y as in boy Щ щ ща shsh as in Danish ship
К к ка k as in book Ъ ъ твёрдый знђк (none; this is not a sound)
Л л эль or эл l as in let Ы ы ы i as in bit
М м эм m as in met Ь ь мїгкий знђк (none; this is not a sound)
Н н эн n as in net Э э э e as in bet
О о о o as in story Ю ю ю yu as in Yule
        Я я я ya as in yacht