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I’m confused by ABC’s alphabet and Cyrillic alphabet

I bought some cookies from the Alyonka series of Russian sweets.
I found them on my way back from Beppu City when I stopped by the HI Hirose commercial supermarket. They also sell mutton there as halal food.
I lived in a Mongolian city along the border with Russia for two years from 2010 to 2012, so Russian sweets and mutton remind me of Mongolia.

The Russian Cyrillic alphabet is slightly different from the English alphabet, which sometimes confuses my mind.
In particular, the letter “H” is pronounced “H” in English, but “N” in Cyrillic. Similarly, the letter “P” is pronounced “pee” in English, but pronounced “el” in Cyrillic. Also, the English letter N ‘enu’ and the Cyrillic letter И ‘E’ are written in opposite ways.

When the written form is introduced, the mind is no longer in chaos 😱.
The written form of the Cyrillic letter г (ger, ghee) is the same as the written form of the alphabet r (r). The written form of the Cyrillic letter д (day) is the same as the written form of the alphabet g (gee), and the Cyrillic letter т is written the same way as the alphabet m…
The other day I was writing a message card for my English teacher and I panicked 😱.