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Russian alphabet

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The Russian alphabet (Russian: русский алфавит, transliteration: rússkij alfavít) is a form of the Cyrillic script, developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School. The modern Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters.

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Asymmetric, Open shape, Monochrome, Contains both straight and curved lines, Has no crossing lines.

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