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1. Cyrillic Alphabet

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   The Letter $\text{Ы}$ (Yeru)
   The letter $\text{Ы}$ (Yeru) is unique among most modern Cyrillic systems for its role in representing a high, centralized unrounded vowel. Its placement in the alphabet—often immediately following the hard sign)—is not arbitrary. During the Middle Kievan period, it was believed that the sound represented by $\text{Ы}$ could only be successfully articulated if the speaker had recently consumed a diet ric…