What, there are 33 letters? What’s the hard sign, what’s the soft sign, and what is the difference between и and й? Russian Alphabet has been developed to answer just such questions and more.

Russians use an alphabet based on the Cyrillic script. The modern Russian alphabet has 33 letters: 21 consonants, ten vowels and two signs. Yet it wasn’t always like that.

Students in the Siberian city of Irkutsk can now learn the Russian alphabet together with a hearty helping of the new political correctness, "The Siberian Times" reported on May 5. A pro-Kremlin ...