Introduction to Russian Alphabet

The Russian Alphabet

The Russian alphabet is derived from the Cyrillic alphabet (pronounced si-'ri-lik). In turn, the Cyrillic alphabet was developed at the Preslav Literary School in the First Bulgarian Empire in the 9th century. It was later formalized by a Greek monk St. Cyril. The contemporary Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters, some of which were borrowed from Greek and Hebrew.

     You will find it relatively easy to get started with the Cyrillic alphabet because many letters remind those in English. There are six exact sound and look-alikes (A, E, K, M, O, T) while many other Russian letters are similar to their English counterparts by either how they look or sound. However, keep in mind that Russian and English sounds are never absolutely identical and only constant practice will help you acquire the perfect Russian accent.
  The Russian alphabet is traditionally listed in the order from A to Я. To help you learn the alphabet faster, we have grouped the letters by look and sound and compared them with their English counterparts below.

Letters grouped by form and pronunciation

Reference:

1.http://masterrussian.com/