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Russian: writing

How Russian is written: scripts, the alphabet, romanisation, numerals, keyboards and fonts.

Русский

01Scripts

02Alphabet chart: Russian Cyrillic alphabet

Letters: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters for ru.

  1. а
  2. б
  3. в
  4. г
  5. д
  6. е
  7. ё
  8. ж
  9. з
  10. и
  11. й
  12. к
  13. л
  14. м
  15. н
  16. о
  17. п
  18. р
  19. с
  20. т
  21. у
  22. ф
  23. х
  24. ц
  25. ч
  26. ш
  27. щ
  28. ъ
  29. ы
  30. ь
  31. э
  32. ю
  33. я
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LetterCode pointUnicode nameRomanisationSound (IPA)
аU+0430cyrillic small letter a
бU+0431cyrillic small letter be
вU+0432cyrillic small letter ve
гU+0433cyrillic small letter ghe
дU+0434cyrillic small letter de
еU+0435cyrillic small letter ie
ёU+0451cyrillic small letter io
жU+0436cyrillic small letter zhe
зU+0437cyrillic small letter ze
иU+0438cyrillic small letter i
йU+0439cyrillic small letter short i
кU+043Acyrillic small letter ka
лU+043Bcyrillic small letter el
мU+043Ccyrillic small letter em
нU+043Dcyrillic small letter en
оU+043Ecyrillic small letter o
пU+043Fcyrillic small letter pe
рU+0440cyrillic small letter er
сU+0441cyrillic small letter es
тU+0442cyrillic small letter te
уU+0443cyrillic small letter u
фU+0444cyrillic small letter ef
хU+0445cyrillic small letter ha
цU+0446cyrillic small letter tse
чU+0447cyrillic small letter che
шU+0448cyrillic small letter sha
щU+0449cyrillic small letter shcha
ъU+044Acyrillic small letter hard sign
ыU+044Bcyrillic small letter yeru
ьU+044Ccyrillic small letter soft sign
эU+044Dcyrillic small letter e
юU+044Ecyrillic small letter yu
яU+044Fcyrillic small letter ya
  • 33 letters.

Sources Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified; The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. (2026) Verified

03Numerals

Western digits latn
2026

Digits from Unicode CLDR numbering systems.

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Digits0123456789
Western digits0123456789

04Orthography and standards

No official orthography body is recorded for Russian yet.

StandardFor this language
ISO 639-3rus
ISO 15924Cyrl
Unicode CLDR localeru
Digitslatn

Sources ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority. (2025) To verify; ISO 15924 codes for the representation of names of scripts. Unicode Consortium, registration authority. (2025) Verified; Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified

05Keyboards and typing

Windows
Settings, Time and language, Language and region: add the language, then its keyboard. Switch with Windows key and Space.
macOS
System Settings, Keyboard, Text Input: edit Input Sources and add the keyboard. Switch from the menu bar.
Android
In the keyboard app’s settings (Gboard: Languages), add the language and choose its layout.
iPhone and iPad
Settings, General, Keyboard, Keyboards: add the keyboard. Switch with the globe key.
Linux
In the desktop settings (GNOME: Keyboard, Input Sources), add the layout.

Which layouts each system ships for each language changes with every release. Check the list on your device; layouts we have confirmed are named on the language’s page.

06Fonts

On this platform the language is shown with IBM Plex Sans. Every face is self-hosted under an open licence.

FontScriptsLicence
VazirmatnPersian, Arabic, Dari, South AzerbaijaniSIL Open Font License 1.1
EstedadKurdish in the Arabic-based script, Arabic-script headingsSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans ArmenianArmenianSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans Syriac EasternAssyrian Neo-AramaicSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans MandaicMandaicSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans HebrewHebrew, Judeo-PersianSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans GeorgianGeorgianSIL Open Font License 1.1
IBM Plex Sans and Noto SansLatin and Cyrillic, Kurdish Cyrillic lettersSIL Open Font License 1.1

07Sources

  1. Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. 2026

    Verified Unicode License v3 Exemplar characters and default numbering systems, read 2026-10-23.

  2. The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. 2026

    Verified Unicode License v3 Character names, code points and block ranges.

  3. ISO 15924 codes for the representation of names of scripts. Unicode Consortium, registration authority. 2025

    Verified

  4. ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority. 2025

    To verify Codes cross-checked through Glottolog records; the code tables themselves were not read.

Cite this page
APA

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Russian: Writing. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/language/languages/ru/writing/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Russian: Writing.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/language/languages/ru/writing/.

BibTeX
@misc{kco2026_language_languages_ru_writing,
	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Russian: Writing},
	url = {https://kurds.global/language/languages/ru/writing/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/language/languages/ru/writing/},
}

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08Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

  1. The Musavat Azerbaijan Policy Towards Kurds: Parallels With Post-Soviet Azerbaijan’s Ethnic Policy

    Artyom Tonoyan, Liana Petrosyan · 2024 · Contemporary Eurasia

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  2. Ethnic Mobilization in Post-Soviet Georgia: The Case of the Yezidi-Kurds

    David Szakonyi · 2007 · Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)

    ArticleOpenAlexDOAJOpen access

  3. Kurds in the USSR, 1917-1956

    Jonathan Otto Pohl · 2017 · Kurdish Studies

    ArticleCrossref

  4. Russia and the Kurds: A Soft‐Power Tool for the Kremlin?

    Anna Borshchevskaya · 2023 · Middle East Policy

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen access

  5. The Kurds in the Former Soviet States from the Historical and Cultural Perspectives

    Khanna Omarkhali · 2013 · Journal of political studies

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen access

  6. The Kurds and the Kurdish Language in Soviet Azerbaijan according to the All-Union Census of December 17, 1926

    Daniel MÜLLER · 2000 · Journal of Kurdish Studies

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  7. Pre-migration traumatic experiences, post-migration perceived discrimination and substance use among Russian and Kurdish migrants-a population-based study.

    Salama ES, Castaneda AE, Lilja E et al. · 2020 · Addiction

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  8. Russia’s Kurdish Policy from the Tsardom to the Soviet Union

    Orhan Gafarlı, Kürşad Güç · 2021 · Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi

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  9. Substance use, affective symptoms, and suicidal ideation among Russian, Somali, and Kurdish migrants in Finland.

    Salama E, Castaneda AE, Suvisaari J et al. · 2022 · Transcult Psychiatry

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