The first letter of the Cyrillic alphabet is the same as that of the English alphabet, "A." The pronunciation is a bit different, being like the "a" in "father" when stressed, the "u" in "cup" when it comes before the stress and like the "a" in "about" most other times. To write this letter (for Russian handwriting is not quite the same as Russian printing), make it like this: Аа.Анна Каренина/Anna Karenina (1877) is one of the great Russian novels by the 19th-century literary icon Leo Tolstoy. It paints a sweeping picture of upper-class Russian life from palace to farmland and centers on the intersecting romances and tribulations of memorable characters including the titular Anna, her illicit lover Count Vronsky, the young Princess Eketarina, and her humble but good-hearted suitor Levin.
[Pronunciation guide taken from The New Penguin Russian Course by Nicholas J. Brown]
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