Russian cursive letters

Printed form above, handwritten form below. Tap any letter for stroke order, the Latin letters it gets mistaken for, and real examples from documents.

А а Б б≠ ВВ в≠ BГ г≠ rД д≠ gЕ е≠ EЁ ё≠ ЕЖ ж З з≠ ЭИ и≠ uЙ й К к Л л≠ мМ м≠ лН н О о П п≠ nР р С с Т т≠ mУ у≠ yФ ф Х х≠ XЦ ц Ч ч Ш ш≠ wЩ щ≠ шЪ ъ Ы ы≠ иЬ ь Э э≠ ЄЮ ю Я я 

• Sienna outline — easily misread as a Latin letter
• Teal dot — stroke animation available
• Dark ground — abolished in 1918

The old Russian alphabet: four letters abolished in 1918

Old Cyrillic letters you will meet in anything written before the orthographic reform — not part of the modern alphabet.

Ѣ ѣread as еІ і≠ iѲ ѳread as фѴ ѵ≠ y