| Russian | |
| General Information | |
| Native name: | русский |
| Writing system: | Cyrillic (Russian Alphabet) |
| Language family: | Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic East Slavic |
| ISO 639-1: | ru |
| Speakers | |
| First language: | 150 million |
| Second language: | 110 million |
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Russian is a East Slavic language. It is one of the most used languages in the world.
Geographic Distribution
Official Language in
- Autonomous Republic of Crimea
- Belarus
- Georgia (Abkhazia, South Ossetia)
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Moldova (Gagauzia, Trabsbustrua)
- Norway (Russian Economic Zone in Spitsbergen)
- Romania (some municipalities in Tulcea and Constanta)
- Russia
- Tajikistan
- Ukraine
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Kharkiv Oblast
- Kherson Oblast
- Mykolaiv Oblast
- Odessa Oblast
Recognised minority language in
- Armenia
- Czech Republic
- Finland
- Moldova
- Norway (Sør-Varanger)
- Poland
- Romania (Tulcea County, Constanta County)
- Slovakia
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Autonomous Republic of Crimea
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Donetsk Oblast
- Kharkiv Oblast
- Kherson Oblast
- Luhansk Oblast
- Mykolaiv Oblast
- Odessa Oblast
- Sevastopol
- Zaporizhia Oblast
- United States (New York)
- Uzbekistan