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The Russian alphabet has 33 letters, including 10 vowels, 21 consonants and the hard and soft signs.

Online dictionaries:

I found no bilingual dictionaries that I really liked. These were the best of what I found.

Freedict 2 way English Russian dictionary has a lot of entries and is easy to use.

James E. Rivard has made an incredibly extensive English to Russian online talking Dictionary he has over 10 000 words recorded! He also has a good page of Russian links.

If you can't cuss and swear in Russian, you ain't dermo! (The Alternative Dictionaries project) You can also buy the book Dermo! from Amazon, for more colorful language.

Whether you are travelling to Russia, learning the language, or almost any other needs, you will need a dictionary. Buy the Pocket Oxford Russian Dictionary if you need something portable. It has more than 70,000 words and phrases and is supposed to be the most up-to-date and comprehensive dictionary of its size.
For studying at home, or learning the language, buy Katzner's Dictionary for US English and the Oxford Dictionary for British English. Both are very highly rated and popular with students.
Russian Alphabet 0.1
letter     example meaning
° Ð   A ÐÝÓÕÛ angel angel
± Ñ   B ÑãÚÒÐ bukva letter
² Ò   V ÒÕçÕà vecher evening
³ Ó   G ÓÞàÞÔ gorod city/town
´ Ô   D ÔàãÓ drug friend
µ Õ   ~yeh ÕÔÐ eda food
¡ ñ   ~yoh ÕÛÚÐ elka evergreen tree
¶ Ö   ~zheh ÖØÒÞâÝÞÕ zhivotnoe animal
· ×   Z ×ÐÒâàÐ zavtra tomorrow
¸ Ø   I (ee) ØáÚãááâÒÞ iskusstvo art
¹ Ù   short ee ÜÐÕÕÞÝÕ× maeeonez mayonnaise
º Ú   K ÚÞÓÔÐ kogda when?
» Û   L ÛÕâÞ leto summer
¼ Ü   M ÜÕáëÐæ mesyac month
½ Ý   N ÝÕÔÕÛëÐ nedelya week
¾ Þ   O ÞÑÕÔ obed lunch
¿ ß   P ßÐáßÞàâ pasport passport
À à   R àØÑÐ riba fish
Á á   S áÕÓÞÔÝëÐ segodnya today
Â â   T âÕßÛÞ teplo warm
Ã ã   U (~oo) ëãâàÞ yutro morning
Ä ä   F äÞâÞ foto photograph
Å å   ~khah åÞÛÞÔ kholod cold
Æ æ   C (~ts) æÒÕâÞÚ cvetok flower
Ç ç   Ch æçâÞ? chto? what?
È è   Sh èãâÚÐ shutka joke
É é   ~shchah éÕÝÞ shcheno puppy
Ê ê   hard sign áêÕ×Ô sezd congress
Ë ë   ~ih ÜëÛÞ mylo soap
Ì ì   soft sign ÔÕÝì den day
Í í   ~eh íÚÒÐâÞà ekvator equator
Î î   U (~oo) îÓ yug south
Ï ï   ~yah ï×ëÚ yazyk tongue or language
 
Digraphs (letter combinations)
A¹ aÙ   long i. ee if unstressed. -
E¹ eÙ   yay     -
`¸¹ ØÙ   ee     -
O¹ oÙ   oy as in boy. Long i if unstressed.
˹ ëÙ   i as in bit.   -