How to learn Russian alphabet?

Russian is quite an easy language to learn. Basically the moment you learn Cyrillic – you can read. As there's no any special reading rules.

But for many people learning new alphabet seems to be a challenge. While you can easily google the alphabet itself and it's phonetics, I came up with an easy way to practice your reading skills.

You see, in Russia a lot of brand names are transliterated into Cyrillic, letter by letter. Of course, chains try to avoid it when they can, but in the end, it is required by Russian legislation.

So start practicing your Cyrillic by recognizing these brands

Старбакс
Макдональдс
Пицца Хат
Кока-кола
Пепси
Данкин Донатс
Бургер Кинг
Папа Джонс
Баскин Роббинс
Венди’с

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