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Russian uses Cyrillic, an alphabetical style that differs in many respects from western styles. If I am remembering correct there are 33 letters, no 'w', not really an 'h', which is replaced with 'x', and has a pronunciation of 'kh'. There is a figure for 'ch', as well as 'sh' and 'zh', to last to replace 'j'. Eastern European languages are very interesting in their grammar, and the Cyrillic characters are all in place for a specific enunciation of a word.