What are facts that start with the letter Q in Russia?

Answer 1

The Russian alphabet doesn't have a letter Q, so there are no places in Russia that start with that letter. Of course, there may be Russian letter equivalents of the letter Q.

There are different ways that Q is pronounced in the English language.

The English 'Q' sound can be represented, phonetically, by the letters

1. 'k' as in quay (kee)
2. 'kw', as in quick (kwik)
3. 'ky', as in queue (kyoo)

EACH 'Q' SOUND, AND RUSSIAN EQUIVALENTS:

Q/k: Many places in Russia begin with the basic 'k' sound:

• Кремль (the Kremlin)
• Канск (Kansk)
• Курск (kursk).

Q/kw: There is no 'w' sound in Russian. Consequently there is no letter or combination of Russian letters that are used to make the 'kw' sound. There are no place names in Russia that require the 'Q/kw' sound.

Q/ky: There are several Russian letters that have the 'y' sound (as the 'y' in you). So we need a Russian place name that starts with the Russian К and is followed by one of those letters, and where the resulting pronunciation is like the Q+'yuh' sound in queue.

This is a rare 'sound'. The nearest we can find is ...

• Кяхта, Кя́хта (Kyakhta, kiakhta), a town on the Kyakhta River near the border with Mongolia.

However, it could be argued that the Russian pronunciation of the first syllable of Кяхта is not the same as the sound normally associated with 'English-language' pronunciation of words such as queue, which is pronounced kyoo.

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