janvár’ (yahnvahr, yinvár) (January)
fevrál’ (f’yevrahl, fivrál’) (February)
mart (mahrt, mart) (March)
aprél’ (ahprail, apryel’) (April)
maj (migh) (May)
ijún’ (eeyoon, iyún’) (June)
ijúl’ (eeyool, iyúl’) (July)
ávgust (ahvgoost) (August)
sentjábr’ (s’yentyahbr) (September)
oktjábr’ (aktyábr’) (October)
nojábr’ (nohyahbr, nayábr’) (November)
dekábr’ (d’yehkahbr, dikábr’) (December)

The Russian language uses what is called a Cyrillic alphabet which was introduced in the ninth century B.C. by St. Cyril, who combined letters from the Greek and Roman alphabets.