Russian Alphabet contains 33 letters - 10 vowel letters and 21 consonant letters, plus two signs - the hard and soft sign - which have no sounds of their own and only affect the neighbouring letters.  Some of these letters are look the same and have the same pronunciation as their Latin alphabet counterpart  such as К, М and T.  Some look the same but have a different pronunciation such as B which is V, H which is N, and P which is R.  Others letters look like no Latin letter such as Ж (Zh) Щ (Sсh) and Я (Ya).