The two dots over the Russian letter e_ indicate both a distinctive sound quality(Yo) and 

 also the place of the word accent, e.g. 



OH dep'eT "he takes" 



Accent markings will not be used in the first part of the manual, since their limited use- 

 fulness for a person learning to read Russian hardly compensates for the cluttering effect 

 they have on a running text. In the two sections(Reference, and Vocabulary Help) and 

 in the glossary, where accents are indicated, an acute accent mark denotes the stress, 

 except when the stress falls on the first syllable or is indicated by '£. 



RUSSIAN ALPHABET 



The Russian letters discussed in the preceding section are presented below in 

 their correct sequence . The manuscript or handwriting forms of the letters are also 

 added, since Russian scientific texts on occasions employ the manuscript forms for 

 special emphasis. 



Since it will be necessary at times to transliterate(i.e. convert into Latin letters), 

 Russian words, the Latin equivalents are also given. Where a Russian word is similar 

 to an English word, there is, of course, no transliteration involved; the standard English 

 spelling would then be used. 



Russian 

 Printed 



A a 

 B d 



r r 



R R 



E e 



E e 



E 3K 



3 3 



M H 



M M 



K K 



JI JI 



M M 



H H 







n n 



Russian 

 Manuscript 



dft Ob 



oh 



& 



% 



3 



X 



oil 



Cf 

 Si 



Latin 

 Transliteration 



V 



e 



jv 

 M 



IV 



cr 



TV 



G S 

 D d 

 E e 

 Yo yo 

 Zh zh 



I 1 



K k 



L 1 



M m 



N n 



aTOM 



djiaHK 



BOJIbT 



roHr 



flWBaH 

 deH3MH 



"e'jiKa 

 HyK 



SByK 



Hfleaji 



MOM 



HapTa 

 Jiyna 



O-cflCt'tbK/ 



VOWl/ 

 GyuJrCOHj 



U/OdOU/l 

 KyQUVmCV 



"atom" 

 "blank" 

 "volt" 

 "gong" 



"sofa" 



"gasoline" 



"Xmas tree" 



"beetle" 



"sound" 



"ideal" 



"my" 



"map" 



"moon" 



He OH hiJ^OH/ "neon" 



OnepaTOp 07l2/j1M/)7lOj1/" operator" 



npouecc 



7lpA)%t'C{l 



process 



*This is the usage of the Library of Congress. Ideally, the English letter y would, on 

 the basis of pronunciation similarity, make a better representation for Russian ii, but 

 traditional usage has specialized English y for Russian h„ 



