The letter “Б” from the illustrated book of the Russian alphabet by Elisabeth Boehm

Elisabeth Boehm or Böhm, or Elisaveta Merkuryevna Bem (Елизавета Меркурьевна Бём; 1843–1914) was a Russian painter born in Saint Petersburg She is mostly known as one of the most prominent Russian authors of postcards. She created more than 350 postcards. Elisabeth created a recognisable style of the postcards that depicts children faces and silhouettes.

Elisabeth produced an illustrated book of the Russian alphabet - the 'ABC' in cyrillic letters.  This postcard from Dmitry (8 June 2015) is all about the letter “Б”. According to Dmitry, words like “beads” “cranberries” “bagels” etc. are on this card.

The old Russian alphabet had 33 letters

А Б В Г Д Е Ё Ж З И Й К Л М Н О П Р С Т У Ф Х Ц Ч Ш Щ ъ Ы ь Э Ю Я