Russian spelling alphabet
The Russian spelling alphabet is a spelling alphabet for Russian, i.e. a set of names given to the alphabet letters for the purpose of unambiguous verbal spelling. It is used primarily by the Russian army, navy and the police. The large majority of the identifiers are common individual first names, with a handful of ordinary nouns and grammatical identifiers also. A good portion of the letters also have an accepted alternative name.
Alphabet
The letter words are as follows:| Letter | Name | Pronunciation | Romanization/Translation | Accepted variant | Pronunciation | Romanization/Translation |
| А | Анна | Anna | Антон | Anton | ||
| Б | Борис | Boris | - | - | - | |
| В | Василий | Vasily | - | - | - | |
| Г | Григорий | Gregory | Галина | Galina | ||
| Д | Дмитрий | Dmitri | - | - | - | |
| Е | Елена | Yelena | - | - | - | |
| Ё | Елена | Yelena | Ёлка | Yolka | ||
| Ж | Женя | Zhenya | жук | zhuk | ||
| З | Зинаида | Zinaida | Зоя | Zoya | ||
| И | Иван | Ivan | - | - | - | |
| Й | Иван краткий | Ivan kratkiy | йот | yot | ||
| К | Константин | Konstantin | киловатт | kilovatt | ||
| Л | Леонид | Leonid | - | - | - | |
| М | Михаил | Mikhail | Мария | Mariya | ||
| Н | Николай | Nikolai | - | - | - | |
| О | Ольга | Olga | - | - | - | |
| П | Павел | Pavel | - | - | - | |
| Р | Роман | Roman | радио | radio | ||
| С | Семён | Semyon | Сергей | Sergei | ||
| Т | Татьяна | Tatyana | Тамара | Tamara | ||
| У | Ульяна | Ulyana | - | - | - | |
| Ф | Фёдор | Fyodor | - | - | - | |
| Х | Харитон | Khariton | - | - | - | |
| Ц | цапля | tsaplya | центр | tsentr | ||
| Ч | человек | chelovek | - | - | - | |
| Ш | Шура | Shura | - | - | - | |
| Щ | щука | shchuka | - | - | - | |
| Ъ | твёрдый знак | tvyordiy znak | - | - | - | |
| Ы | еры | yery | игрек | i grik | ||
| Ь | мягкий знак | myagkiy znak | знак | znak | ||
| Э | эхо | ekho | Эмма | Emma | ||
| Ю | Юрий | Yuri | - | - | - | |
| Я | Яков | Yakov | - | - | - |