Russian meets English with a rich consonant system and one systematic difference at the end of words: Russian devoices final consonants by rule, English never does. Add the th pair, the w/v split, and English's crowd of vowels where Russian keeps fewer, and you have the whole map below.
None of it is exotic — each item is one head-to-head page away from being audible.
Russian has no θ, so think leans toward sink. Tongue tip between the teeth, continuous air, no voice.
Hear the pair side by side →The voiced th of this is the same position with the voice on — a buzz between the teeth, not behind them.
Hear the pair side by side →Russian в is the English v, so water wants to start with a v. English w uses no teeth: both lips round and glide.
Hear the pair side by side →The follow-on swap once w is learned: very is not wery. Spelled v means teeth on lip.
Hear the pair side by side →Russian devoices final consonants — код ends in t. English bed keeps its d voiced to the very end.
Hear the pair side by side →Same rule, same fix: eyes ends in a buzz, ice in a hiss, and English insists on the difference.
Hear the pair side by side →English splits i into ship and sheep. The short 'ih' is laxer than и — closer to ы said quickly and lightly.
Hear the pair side by side →Apple's vowel opens wider than э — the jaw drops further than Russian front vowels ask.
Hear the pair side by side →Sing ends at the back of the mouth — a sound Russian never uses word-finally. No n, and no g released after it.
Hear the pair side by side →Which of these are actually yours? That is the part no list can know.
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