The Traveller's Yellow Pages for Saint Petersburg. Russian Cyrillic alphabet, its transliteration and pronunciation

Transliteration of Cyrillic letters into Latin letters is difficult because there is no international agreement among experts on a single unified system of converting from Cyrillic into Latin letters. Indeed, each language has one or more methods of converting Russian into English or German or French, based on their own pronunciation of letters. In addition there is an official Russian transliteration from Cyrillic.

Cyrillic Alphabet	The Traveller's Yellow Pages	English System	German System	Pronounce like the letter in the word
А а	a	a	a	father
Б б	b	b	b	bank
В в	v	v	w	victor
Г г	g	g	g	good
Д д	d	d	d	dog
Е е	e	e, ye	je	yes
Ё ё	e	yo	jo	yogurt
Ж ж	zh	zh	sh	massage
З з	z	z	s, z	zebra
И и	i	i	i	see
Й й	y	j	j	toy, goodbye, hay
К k	k	k	k	kangaroo
Л л	l	l	l	fill
М м	m	m	m	mouse
Н н	n	n	n	north
О о	o	o	o	port, like "ah" if not stressed
П п	p	p	p	pepper
Р р	r	r	r	red, rolled at the tip of the tongue
С с	s	s	s	soon, yes
Т т	t	t	t	tea
У у	u	u	u	fool
Ф ф	f	f	v, f	fire
Х х	kh	kh	ch	Scottish loch
Ц ц	ts	ts	z	sits
Ч ч	ch	ch	tsch	chair
Ш щ	sh	sh	sch	short
Щ щ	shch	shch	stsch	fresh cheese
Ъ ъ				hard sign not pronounced
Ы ы	y	y	y	ill
Ь ь				soft sign not pronounced (j)
Э э	e	e	e	let
Ю ю	yu	yu, iu	ju	youth
Я я	ya	ya, ia	ja	yacht