ðɪ ˈælfəbˌɛt ɹᵻmˈeɪnd sɪɹˈɪlɪk ʌntˈɪl ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z wɪððə dˌɪsˌɪntᵻɡɹˈeɪʃən ʌvðə sˈoʊviət jˈuːniən.
The alphabet remained Cyrillic until the end of the 1980s with the disintegration of the Soviet Union.