Russian Alphabet

The Russian alphabet (Russian: русский алфавит, transliteration: rússkij alfavít) is a form of the Cyrillic script, developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School. The modern Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters.

Read more about Russian Alphabet:  Alphabet, Letter Names, Non-vocalized Letters, Vowels, Letters in Disuse By 1750, Treatment of Foreign Sounds, Numeric Values, Diacritics, Keyboard Layout

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