Does anyone know the history behind this similarity between the Russian and English alphabets? I noticed that in the Russian alphabet, this portion is remarkably close to that of the English / Latin alphabet: к л м н о п р с т у к = K л = L м = M н = N о = O п = P Excluding Q р = R с = S т = T у = U I thought it was interesting that they are very close in order to each other. Is there any sort of significance between these similarities? and if so, would you mind explaining when these languages branched off or adopted parts of each other in the past? Just curious about the history, thank you!