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Russian is the most geographically widespread language of
Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages and the largest native
language in Europe.
English-Russkiy.com
Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages and is
one of three living members of the East Slavic languages.
Today Russian is widely used outside Russia. Over a quarter of
the world's scientific literature is published in Russian.
Russian is one of the six official languages of the United
Nations.
Russian distinguishes between consonant phonemes with palatal
secondary articulation and those without, the so-called soft and hard sounds.
This distinction is found between pairs of almost all consonants and is one of
the most distinguishing features of the language. Another important aspect is
the reduction of unstressed vowels, which is somewhat similar to that of
English.
Russian is the Official language in
Russia
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Moldova (Gagauzia and Transnistria)
Turkmenistan (regional)
Greece (Mount Athos)
Uruguay (San Javier)
Crimea (autonomous republic of Ukraine)
Abkhazia (co-official)
South Ossetia (co-official)
CIS (working)
IAEA
United Nations
The Russian Language is Regulated by the Russian Language
Institute at the Russian Academy of Sciences
