Cyrillic Alphabet
PEOPLE'S NAMES
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This list is by no means comprehensive, but by learning how to read these people's names,
you should be able to read any others you come across.
When you can cover up the English equivalents and read the names easily, you will be well on your way to reading in Russian!
| ENGLISH | RUSSIAN |
| Alexei | Алексей |
| Alexander | Александр |
| Alexandra | Александра |
| Anastasia | Анастасия |
| Anatole | Анатолий |
| Andrei | Андрей |
| Anna | Анна |
| Anton | Антон |
| Boris | Борис |
| Valentina | Валентина |
| Varvara | Варвара |
| Vladimir | Владимир |
| Vassily | Василий |
| Vera | Вера |
| Victor | Виктор |
| Vladislav | Владислав |
| Georgi | Георгий |
| Grigori | Григорий |
| Danil | Даниил |
| Dimitri | Димитрий |
| Yevgeni | Евгений |
| Yekaterina | Екатерина |
| Yelena | Елена |
| Yelizaveta | Елизавета |
| Zakhar | Захар |
| Ivan | Иван |
| Ilya | Илья |
| Iosif | Иосиф |
| Irina | Ирина |
| Karl | Карл |
| Konstantin | Константин |
| Leonid | Леонид |
| Lyubov | Любовь |
| Lyudmilla | Людмила |
| Maxim | Максим |
| Marina | Марина |
| Maria | Мария |
| Marfa | Марфа |
| Mikhail | Михаил |
| Nadezhda | Надежда |
| Natalia | Наталия |
| Nikita | Никита |
| Nikolai | Николай |
| Oleg | Олег |
| Olga | Ольга |
| Pavel | Павел |
| Pyotr | Пётр |
| Svyatoslav | Святослав |
| Sergei | Сергей |
| Tatiana | Татьяна |
| Timofei | Тимофей |
| Fyodor | Фёдор |
| Yulia | юлия |
| Yuri | Юрий |
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