The Russian spelling alphabet is a
spelling alphabet
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(or "phonetic 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
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,
navy
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and the
police
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. The large majority of the identifiers are common individual
first name
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
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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]
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Numbers
See also
* ICAO spelling alphabet
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, for Roman letters
* Greek spelling alphabet
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References
Sources
* {{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