Russian (Russian: русский язык, transliteration: russkiy yaz’ik) is the main language of Russia. It is also spoken in other parts of the former Soviet Union. It is spoken by many people in Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Turkmenistan and Estonia.
Russian Language and Native Languages of People Living in Russia The official language of Russia is Russian. Russian language emerged on the basis east-Slavic languages: with Russian state establishment there came the need to develop average dialect equally understandable to all tribes.
The latest reform of the language dates back to the early 1970s. In addition to the national language, in some republics of the Russian Federation native languages are spoken (e.g. in Buryatia, Ingushetia, Kalmykia, North Ossetia, Dagestan, Mordovia).
Russian is the primary language of the overwhelming majority of people in Russia and is also used as a second language in other former republics of the Soviet Union. Russian was also taught extensively in those countries lying within the Soviet sphere of influence, especially in eastern Europe , in the second half of the 20th century.
Throughout the history of the Russian language and its predecessors, several drastic revisions have taken place in the written form of the language, in part due to a constant tension between the written and spoken languages.
Throughout the history of the Russian language and its predecessors, several drastic revisions have taken place in the written form of the language, in part due to a constant tension between the written and spoken languages.
The Russian language in the world declined after 1991 due to the collapse of the Soviet Union and decrease in the number of Russians in the world and diminution of the total population in Russia (where Russian is an official language), however this has since been reversed.
Russian is the official language of the Russian Federation, sharing its official status at the regional level with other languages in various ethnic autonomous regions within the Federation, such as Chuvash, Bashkort, Tatar, and Yakut. Russian is also a co-official language of …
History of the Russian Language History of the Russian Language. The sixth century AD saw the migration of the Slav people from old Poland. The Slavs expanded westwards to the river Elbe and southwards to the Adriatic sea where they gradually occupied much of the Balkans (more detailed account of Russian history).By the tenth century, three Slavonic language groups had emerged: …
Russian is the most important of the Slavic languages and one of the major languages of the world. Along with English, French, Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic, Russian is 1 of the 6 official languages of the United Nations.