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аз буки веди => я буквы знаю
Remember, the order of words in Russian (and perhaps in other Slavic languages) is not so strict and important as in English and is used to put accent on some words. Or...

so what does бука mean? read?[/quote]
From Wikipedia:

1. Until approximately 1900, mnemonic names inherited from Church Slavonic were used for the letters. They are given here in the pre-1918...