There are 11 pairs of voiced and voiceless consonant sounds in Russian. A voiced consonant should sound as voiceless at the end of the word. In your example the last voiced consonant is д, its voiceless counterpart is т (д - т). So the word "город" sounds as [гОрат]. Voiceless к makes a pair with voiced г (г - к), but it's the beginning of the word "город". For example, "рог" sounds as [рОк] according to this rule.

Voiced sounds [Г], [Д] Their voiceless counterparts are [К], [Т] To be clear, these are the sounds, not the letters written. That being said, in the word "город" the sound transcription would look like [горат], the first Г is voiced, the last Д is actually pronounced as T (voiceless). When you change its case to, for example, genitive "города" the Д is not the last letter anymore and it becomes voiced [д].

There are six pairs of voiced and voiceless consonants in the Russian language. Those are: б-п в-ф г-к д-т ж-ш з-с There are three rules you need to remember: 1) If a word ends in a voced consonant, this voiced consonant will be pronounced as its voiceless pair. For example город ends in д, which is voiced, so it should be pronounced as т, [горат] нож [нош] глаз [глас] 2) In the middle of word a voiced consonant that is followed by a voiceless consonant should be pronounced as its voiceless pair: автобус [афтобус] (voiced в is followed by voiceless т) юбка [юпка] (voiced б is followed by voiceless к) 3) In the middle of word a voiceless consonant that is followed by a voiced consonant should be pronounced as its voiced pair: футбол [фудбол] (voiceless т is followed by voiced б, so т should be pronounced as д)

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