The Cyrillic script

Cyril and Methodius, brothers and Christian monks, are at the foundation of the Russian script. It is called Cyrillic because Cyril invented it, in the primitive form of the Glagolitic script, which was revised and simplified after his death. Cyril and Methodius came from Thessaloniki (Greece) and were missionaries: the script was meant to translate the Bible and spread the faith.

Three short clips (more under the videos) about the history of Cyrillic.

Cyril and Slavic Christianity – Christian History Made Easy

(Rose Publishing, 2012, 2 mins)

Cyril and Methodices
(Museum of the Bible, 2017, 1 min)

The creation of Cyrillic Script / История за кирилицата
(Elektrick Me, 2018, 3 mins)

More about the Cyrillic script

• Old Cyrillic Alphabet with Pronunciation (Slavyansk, 2017, 6 mins)
• Countries that use the Cyrillic (Jips, 2017, 2 mins)
• All About Cyrillic and Greek script (Greek and Russian Club, 2017, 26 mins)
• Fun Fact about the History of Russian: Alphabet Reforms of 1918 (College Russian, 2018, 4 mins)
• What’s the Russian Alphabet Called and Where Does It Come From? (RussianPod101, 2018, 2 mins)
• Cyrillic script (Principia, 2019, 14 mins)
• How did Russian language come about? (Comrade Helps, 2019, 3 mins)

Read

• 4 reasons why Russians use Cyrillic (Russia Beyond, 2019)
• Where Did Russians Get Their Alphabet? (Amazing Russian, 2018)