The Russian Cyrillic Alphabet Flashcards

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А а

A — /a/ as in 'father'

Б б

Be — /b/ as in 'butter'

В в

Ve — /v/ as in 'voice'; looks like a Latin B but is never /b/

Г г

Ge — /g/ as in 'golf'

Д д

De — /d/ as in 'day'

Е е

Ye — /ye/ as in 'yes'; looks like a Latin E but carries a y-glide

Ё ё

Yo — /yo/ as in 'York'

Ж ж

Zhe — /zh/ as in the s of 'pleasure'

З з

Ze — /z/ as in 'zone'

И и

I — /i/ as in 'meet'

Й й

I kratkoye, 'short i' — /y/ as in 'boy'

К к

Ka — /k/ as in 'karate'

Л л

El — /l/ as in 'look'

М м

Em — /m/ as in 'mama'

Н н

En — /n/ as in 'not'; looks like a Latin H but is never /h/

О о

O — the o of 'Paul'

П п

Pe — /p/ as in 'party'

Р р

Er — a trilled /r/ as in 'rock'; looks like a Latin P but is never /p/

С с

Es — /s/ as in 'salt'; looks like a Latin C but is always /s/

Т т

Te — /t/ as in 'Tom'

У у

U — /u/ as in 'moon'; looks like a Latin Y but is an oo-vowel

Ф ф

Ef — /f/ as in 'foot'

Х х

Kha — /kh/ as in Scottish 'loch'; looks like a Latin X but is never /ks/

Ц ц

Tse — /ts/ as in 'boots'

Ч ч

Che — /ch/ as in 'check'

Ш ш

Sha — /sh/ as in 'shelf'

Щ щ

Shcha — a long, soft /sh/, as in 'fresh cheese'

Ъ ъ

Tvyordy znak, the hard sign — a letter with no sound of its own

Ы ы

Yery — romanised y; no English equivalent, a sound between Russian у and и

Ь ь

Myagky znak, the soft sign — no sound; it softens the consonant before it

The Russian Cyrillic Alphabet flashcards — questions people ask

How many cards are in the The Russian Cyrillic Alphabet flashcard deck?

The The Russian Cyrillic Alphabet deck on PuzzlePage has 33 cards. The first 30 are free to play and free to download with no account; the remaining 3 unlock for $2.99 as a one-time payment, or with the $11.99-a-month Study Pack, which covers every deck on the site. 33 cards — the Russian alphabet has had exactly 33 letters since the 1918 orthographic reform dropped І, Ѣ, Ѳ and Ѵ (ALA-LC Russian table, note). One card per letter, no padding.

What is on the the russian cyrillic alphabet flashcards?

The 33 letters of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet in upper and lower case, with names and sounds — and the six letters that look Latin but are not. Cards look like this: А а → A — /a/ as in 'father'; Б б → Be — /b/ as in 'butter'. The deck is written for grades 6–12 and filed under world languages.

Can I study the russian cyrillic alphabet flashcards online for free?

Yes. The first 30 cards of the The Russian Cyrillic Alphabet deck play free in any web browser at puzzlepage.app, with no account, no app and no card details. It works on a phone, tablet, Chromebook, laptop or classroom projector. Practice mode flips through the cards with nothing scored; quiz mode makes you answer each card before it flips, times the run and scores it.

Are the the russian cyrillic alphabet flashcards accurate?

Every card in the The Russian Cyrillic Alphabet deck cites two independent published sources — two different organisations, not a standards body and a site reprinting it — and a script checks that, rather than taking the writer's word for it. A second specialist then re-verified the deck against sources of their own, without reading the citations first. That is the difference from a user-generated flashcard site, where the cards are whatever a stranger typed and nobody is accountable for them.

Can I print the the russian cyrillic alphabet flashcards?

Yes. The The Russian Cyrillic Alphabet cards are available as a printable double-sided PDF to cut up, as well as playable in the browser. The first 30 cards are free to download; the full 33-card printable is included in the $11.99-a-month Study Pack.

How should I use the The Russian Cyrillic Alphabet deck to revise?

Start in practice mode and go through the The Russian Cyrillic Alphabet deck once without scoring, to find out which cards you already know — the deck is dealt in a different order every time you open it, so you are recalling the card rather than its position. Then switch to quiz mode, which times and scores the run and lets you re-run only the cards you missed. Use the "flip deck" control to swap which side is the question: recognising an answer is much easier than producing one, so a deck you find easy one way round is usually the harder and more useful drill the other way. Two or three short sessions across a week beat one long one, which is the whole reason flashcards work.

What grade level are the the russian cyrillic alphabet flashcards for?

The The Russian Cyrillic Alphabet deck is written for grades 6–12. Because the cards are plain term-and-answer pairs, they are also used outside that band — by adults revising world languages, and by teachers running them as a whole-class starter on a projector.