sounds like either "ye" in yes or like "e" as in ebony. It is pronounced with preceding y in the beginning of a word or after a vowel.

sounds like "k" in kite, making, like. Try to avoid the puff of air after the sound typical for the English language.

sounds like "m" in mobile, dome.

sounds like "o" in more (without the 'r' sound). Try protruding and rounding your lips a bit more than you do in English. In unstressed positions, this letter sounds like "u" in under, but more lax.

sounds like "t" in task, tardy. The tip of the tongue touches the lower teeth, as opposed to the upper gum ridge in English.

sounds like "b" in buy, blue. Try to avoid a puff of air after the sound typical in the English language.

sounds like "g" in get, guard.

sounds like "d" in double, did. In pronouncing this letter, the tip of the tongue touches the lower teeth.

sounds like "yo" in York or like "o" in copy, obvious depending on the position in a word.

sounds like "s" in usual, pleasure.

sounds like "p" in compassion. Try to avoid a puff of unvoiced air after the sound as typical for the English language.

sounds like "f" in fasten, fact.

sounds like "ee" in free, meet.

sounds like "y" in oyster, soy.

sounds like "l" in lock, chill.

sounds like "ts" in that's.

sounds like "sh" in ship, crush but with the tongue farther back in the mouth.

sounds like "shsh" in rush-ship. When pronouncing it, try to place your tongue higher and more forward in the mouth than in English.

sounds like "e" in ebony, edit. When pronouncing this sound, try opening the mouth a bit wider than you do in English.

sounds like the word "you" but faster. In some cases in sounds like "oo" in oodles.

sounds like "yu" in yummy. In some cases it sounds like "a" in after.

sounds like "v" in voice, visit.

sounds like "z' in zodiac. This letter might look like the number three(3) but it only conveys a sound and has nothing to do with digits.

sounds like "n" in noon, nose. Like with the Russian letter T, the tip of the tongue touches the lower teeth when pronouncing this letter.

sounds like "r" in rest but rolled.

sounds like "s" in sun, sale. Unlike in English, the tip of the tongue touches the lower teeth.

sounds like "oo" in oodles. This sound is pronounced shorter than in English, with lips more rounded and protruded.

sounds like "sh" in church, cheek. Do not confuse this letter with the number four(4).

sounds like "ch" in loch when pronounced in Scottish manner. It remotely reminds "h" in hoopla.

No English equivalent. To produce "bl" sound, notice the positions of the tongue when pronouncing English sound i as in kit and u as in sugar. Then place your tongue in between and emit a voiced souns.

This letter is called the "soft sign" and has no sound value. It is used to modify the pronunciation of the preceding consonant by making it soft(palatalized). A consonant becomes soft when it is pronounced with the middle of the tongue raised towards the roof of the mouth.

The "hard sign" has no sound value. It occurs only between a consonant and a vowel as in the word "Въезд"(entry). It is used to show that the consonant should not be palatalized and that the consequent vowel is preceded by the "y" sound as in yes.