The Russian alphabet is known as the Cyrillic alphabet. There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet. 11 Vowels, 20 consonants and 2 pronunciation signs. What is great thing about Russian language is that almost all words can be sounded out as they are written. Unlike English where the pronunciation of a word may not be clear from it’s written form. Russian also has one letter to one sound, unlike English where two letter often make one sound. Russian letter-Pronounced like in English word-Marked as А а car / father a Б б bachelor / bat b В в vitamin v Г г garden / go g Д д door d Е е yellow / yes e Ё ё york / yoga yo Ж ж television zh З з zebra / zoo z И и see / meat i Й й boy / joy (diphthong) i К к Kansas / cat k Л л love l М м man m Н н no n O o object o П п passport p Р р rice / rabbit r С с sea / center s Т т table t У у boot / look u Ф ф face / family f Х х Bach / loch kh Ц ц its / cats ts Ч ч chips / chair ch Ш ш ship / shine sh Щ щ she / sheep sh Ъ ъ Hard Sign - Ы ы ill / bit y Ь ь Soft Sign - Э э lend e Ю ю university / music yu Я я Yahoo ya