What is Cyrillic script?
[[File: Serbian Cyrillic Italic.svg|alt=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|thumb|Cyrillic alphabet]] {{Contains Cyrillic text}} The '''Cyrillic script''', sometimes called the '''Slavonic script''' or '''Slavic script''', is a [[writing system]] used to write [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]], [[Rusyn language|Rusyn]], [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]], [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] and for most South [[Slavic languages]]. It was developed in the Bulgarian empire during the reign of Tsar Simeon I. The [[Soviet Union]] made many non-Slavic languages in the [[Caucasus]], [[Siberia]], [[Central Asia]] and in northern [[Russia]] to be written in Cyrillic. {{fact|date=October 2022}} == History == [[Old Church Slavonic]] was the original language of the [[Slavic peoples|Slavic people]], and it was used for [[Russian Orthodox Church]]. In the 9th century, two monks, St. Cyril and St. Methodius, were missionaries in [[Eastern Europe]]. When they preached to the Slavic peoples, they invented the [[Glagolitic alphabet]], an early form of Cyrillic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.omniglot.com/writing/ocslavonic.htm|title=Old Church Slavonic alphabet and language|website=www.omniglot.com|accessdate=2017-04-20}}</ref> [[File:John 3.16 in Old Church Slavonic.png|alt=John 4.16 in Old Church Slavonic|thumb|680x680px|John 4.16 in Old Church Slavonic]] During the 18th century, Nikolay Karamzin added Э, Й and Ё. In 1708, Peter the Great added lowercase forms to the letters. After the [[October Revolution]], the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Communist Party]] changed the Cyrillic alphabet for the Russian language so it would be easier for [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] citizens to learn how to read and write. The letters I/i, Ѣ/ѣ, Ѳ/ѳ, Ѵ/ѵ were all removed from Russian.[https://www.rbth.com/education/332502-bolsheviks-russian-language-reform] In 1991, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan decide