Cyrillic numerals was a numbering system derived from the Cyrillic alphabet, used by South and East Slavic peoples. The system was used in Russia as late as the 1700s when Peter the Great replaced it with the Arabic system. The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples currently living in Europe. ... Events and trends The Bonneville Slide blocks the Columbia River near the site of present-day Cascade Locks, Oregon with a land bridge 200 feet (60 m) high. ... Peter I Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia Peter I (Pyotr Alekseyvich) (9 June 1672–8 February 1725 [30 May 1672–28 January 1725 O.S.1]) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death. ... Arabic numerals (also called Hindu numerals or Indian numerals ) are the most common set of symbols used to represent numbers. ...

The system was quasi-decimal, based on the Ionian numeral system and written with the corresponding graphemes of the Cyrillic alphabet. A separate letter was assigned to each unit (1, 2, ... 9), each tens (10, 20, ... 90), and each hundreds (100, 200, ... 900). The numbers were written as pronounced—mostly left to right with an exception of numbers 11 through 19. These numbers are pronounced and written right to left. For example, 17 is pronounced sem-na-dzat ("seven-over-ten", compare English seven-teen). In order to convert Cyrillic number to Arabic one had to sum all the figures. To distinguish numbers from text, a titlo was drawn over the numbers. If the number exceeded 1000, the thousands sign ҂ was drawn before the figure. Greek numerals are a system of representing numbers using letters of the Greek alphabet. ... A grapheme designates the atomic unit in written language. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Titlo is an extended diacritic symbol used in old Cyrillic manuscripts, e. ...

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Examples:

• - 1706
• - 7118 (year from Creation equivalent to 1610 CE)

Glagolitic numerals worked similarly, except numeric values were assigned according to the native alphabetic order of the Glagolitic alphabet, rather than inherited from the order of the Greek alphabet. Copyright holder (http://www. ... Copyright holder (http://www. ... Creation according to Genesis refers to the description of the creation of the heavens and the earth by God, as described in Genesis, the first book of the Bible. ... // Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... The Common Era (CE), also known as the Current Era and sometimes the Christian Era, is the period beginning with the year 1 onwards. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Tablet inscribed with the Glagolitic alphabet The Glagolitic alphabet or Glagolitsa is the oldest known Slavonic alphabet. ... The Greek language is written in the Greek alphabet, developed in classical times (ca 9th century B.C.) and passed down to the present. ...

See also

• Early Cyrillic alphabet
• Glagolitic alphabet
• Greek numerals