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Russian for English speakers ABC 02
THE RUSSIAN ALPHABET (continue, page X)

Russian
Ðóññêèé

 Pronunciation
Ïðîèçíîøåíèå		 English
Àíãëèéñêèé		 AK-NOTE

ÑÀÌÎÂÀÐ, ñàìîâàð

 samòvar (1) samovar, tea-urn

This literally means "self-boiler" or "self-cooker"
ÀÌÅÐÈÊÀ, Àìåðèêà amĕrica (2) America  
ÏÀÑÏÎÐÒ, ïàñïîðò passpört passport  
ÀËÅÊÑÀÍÄÐ, Àëåêñàíäð

aleksandr

 Alexander  
ÁÅÁÅ, áåáå bĕbby baby

There's no such Russian word, "baby". Someone tried to adopt it, but had failed, miserably.
ÁÀÐ, áàð barr bar  
ÌÈËËÈÎÍ, ìèëëèîí miliohn million  
ÑÒÀËÈÍ, Ñòàëèí Staleen Stalin  
ÑÒÀËÈÍÃÐÀÄ, Ñòàëèíãðàä (3)

* ÂÎËÃÎÃÐÀÄ

 Stálingràd Stalingrad

*Volgograd

Yes, there're tones above them two "à"s - first is rising, and second is falling.

* It's now, again, is called "Volgograd"
ÊÐÅÄÈÒ, êðåäèò crĕdeet credit  
ÀËËÈÃÀÒÎÐ, àëëèãàòîð álligàtor alligator  
ÐÎÌÀÍÎÂ, Ðîìàíîâ Ròmanoff (4) Romanoff  
ÀÇÎÂ, Àçîâ Azoff Azov (or Azoff)  

ËÓÍÀ, ëóíà (5)

 Loona

moon (French "lune")

  

(1) In « samòvar » the ò is practically an ah.
(2) The letter Å, especially when stressed, is pronounced like ÉÝ (ye-) in : yet. We shall represent it by ĕ.
(3) The letter à is "g", and always hard, as in « get ».
(4) The final -îâ is sounded -off.
(5) The letter ë has two sounds : one slurred (as in pilot, lily) which we have seen in Àëåêñàíäð, àíàëèç.
The other, strongly vocalic (as in bell, milk, sold) before à, î, ó (oo), û, the consonants, and at the end of a word, will be represented by a capital L in our imitative pronunciation.