The Russian spelling alphabet is a
spelling alphabet (or "phonetic alphabet") for
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
, ''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
The Russian Ground Forces (russian: Сухопутные войска ВSukhoputnyye voyska V}), also known as the Russian Army (, ), are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Force ...
,
navy
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...
and the
police
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...
. The large majority of the identifiers are common individual
first name
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
Arts and media Music
* 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and rec ...
s, 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:
[The words for those letters of the Russian alphabet that correspond to letters of the basic Latin alphabet can be found in]
Об утверждении федеральных авиационных правил «Порядок осуществления радиосвязи в воздушном пространстве Российской Федерации» (Приказ Минтранса России от 26.09.2012 № 362)(rtf document)
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Numbers
See also
* ICAO spelling alphabet
The (International) Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet, is the most widely used set of clear code words for communicating the letters of the Roman alphabet, technically a ''radiotelephonic spelling ...
, for Roman letters
* Greek spelling alphabet
References
* {{cite web
, author = Yuri Baltin
, url = http://dxx.narod.ru/rusfon.html
, title = Russkij Kod Bukva-Slovo (Русский код буква-слово)
, language = ru
Spelling alphabets
Russian language
Cyrillic script
ru:Фонетический алфавит