Thus, soon after the Revolution, the Russian alphabet had 32 letters. Later the letter "ё" was approved as a separate character, so the number of letters rose to 33. And has remained the same since.

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.

The thousands inside Fisht Stadium are watching a stylized video in which a Russian girl, Lubov, is walking the crowd through the Cyrillic alphabet. Each letter is highlighting a Russian ...

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 ...