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The Cyrillic alphabet is the alphabet used in Russian text. It is one of the most widely used alphabets in the world.

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The alphabet is used in various languages, including Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian and Ukrainian.

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It began in the tenth century in the Bulgarian Empire. It was created by two Greek brothers, Cyril and Methodius.

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It was formed from the Greek alphabet, although there are many differences between the two.

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Some people would like the alphabet to be called the Russian alphabet, to refer to Russia, just as the Greek alphabet refers to Greece. They agreed with the name Cyrillic.

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The alphabet recently became the EU's third official script, after Latin and Greek, when Bulgaria joined the EU.

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