Russian AlphabetРусский алфавит

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Азбука

Аа like a in fatherThe name of the Russian alphabet

Байка́л

Бб like b in boyLake Baikal is the deepest freshwater lake in the world

located in Eastern Russia.

ВертолётСико́рского

Вв like v in violinIgor Sikorsky was a Russian-American aviation pioneer.

Гжель

Гг like g in GoogleYuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut, was the first man in space.

Gzhel is the name of traditional Russian ceramics.

Гага́рин

Достое́вский

Дд like d in dollarFyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian author of the 19th century

known for his psychological novels.

Екатери́на Вели́кая

Ее like ye in yesterdayA Russian czarina, also know as Catherine the Second, who ruled during the Russian’s golden age from 1762 to 1796

Ёжик в тума́неЁё like yo in New York

The name of a famous Russian cartoon

Жуко́вскийЖж like s in pleasure

Nikolay Zhukovsky was a Russian scientist and founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics.

Зерноубо́рочная маши́на

Зз like z in zebra

Ру́сская импе́рия

Ии like i in machineOne of the largest empires in world history that existed

from 1772 to 1917

Чайко́вскийй like y in boy

Pyotr Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the 19th century.

Канди́нский

Кк like k in kiteVasily Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist

known for his abstract works.

Лунохо́дЛл like l in lamp

Soviet robotic lunar rover

Мале́вич

Мм like m in motherKazimir Malevich was a Russian painter considered

a pioneer of geometric abstract art.

Набо́ков

Нн like n in neverVladimir Nabokov was a Russian novelist of the 20th century.

Орбита́льная ста́нция

Оо like o in talkThe Soviet Union launched the first space station in 1971.

Периоди́ческая табли́ца

Пп like p in pieCreated by the Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleyev

Ру́сский бале́т

Рр like r in RussianSergey Diaghilev established the Ballet Russes,

a world-famous ballet company.

Спу́тник

Сс like s in sailSputnik-1 was the first artificial Earth satellite

launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.

Tелеви́дение

Тт like t in toyInvented by the Russian scientist Boris Rosing

Уша́нка

Уу like oo in shootA Russian fur hat with ear flaps

ФиштФф like f in fun

A monument peak in the Western Caucasus, after which the Olympic stadium was named

Хохлома́Хх like ch in Bach

The name of a traditional Russian wood painting handicraft style and national ornament

Циолко́вскийЦц like ts in cats

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist.

Че́хов

Чч like ch in cheerAnton Chekhov was a Russian author famous for his

plays and short stories.

Шага́л

Шш like sh in sureMark Chagall was a Russian-French artist of the20th century.

Щу́севЩщ like sh in fresh cheese

Alexey Shchusev was a Soviet-Russian architect famous for such works as Lenin’s Mausoleum and interiors of some Moscow Metro stations.

Пу́шкинъъ hard sign (so sound of its own)

Alexander Pushkin was considered the father of Russian literature.

Note! It’s a old style to spell the last male names with Ъ at the end.

мы

ы like i in sinThis is the Russian word for we.

Любо́вьь soft sign (no sound of its own)

Not only does it mean “love”, but it is also a Russian female’s name.

Эйзенште́йн

Ээ like e in setSergey Eisenstein is a Russian film director and film theorist.

парашю́тЮю like yu in yuleInvented by the Russian inventor Gleb Kotelnikov

Росси́я

Яя like ya in yachtRussian Federation is the official name of the country.

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