but the history of the Russian language is sometimes divided into the following periods: Old Russian or Old East Slavic (until ~1400) Middle Russian (~1400...

Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russians. It was the de facto and de jure official language of the former Soviet Union. Russian has remained...

Of all the languages of Russia, Russian, the most widely spoken language, is the only official language at the national level. There are 25 other official...

Russian is the most common first language in the Donbas and Crimea regions of Ukraine and the city of Kharkiv, and the predominant language in large cities...

The first known mention of Russian-speaking people in Ukraine refer to a small ethnic sub-group of Russians known as the Goriuns who resided in Putyvl...

The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of...

The V.V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian: Институт русского языка имени В. В. Виноградова РАН) is the...

delimiters. Russian orthography has been reformed officially and unofficially by changing the Russian alphabet over the course of the history of the Russian language...

The history of the Jews in Russia and areas historically connected with it goes back at least 1,500 years. Jews in Russia have historically constituted...

Russian History is the history of the Russian nation, beginning with the establishment of the Rus' state in 862. Russian History may also refer to: Russian...

The official languages of Belarus are Belarusian and Russian. The three most widespread linguistic codes in Belarus are Belarusian, Russian and the so-called...

Mat (Russian: мат; матерщи́на / ма́терный язы́к, matershchina / materny yazyk) is the term for vulgar, obscene, or profane language in Russian and some...

is a list of languages used in Russia. Russian is the only official language at the national level and there are other 35 official languages, which are...

Russian. West Russian language or dialect (Russian: западнорусский язык, западнорусское наречие) – terms used mainly by supporters of the concept of the...

East Slavic language. It is one of the two official languages in Belarus, the other being Russian. It is also spoken in parts of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia...

Russian culture (Russian: Культура России, romanized: Kul'tura Rossii, IPA: [kʊlʲˈturə rɐˈsʲiɪ]) has been formed by the nation's history, its geographical...

of Russian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Russia and its predecessor states. To read about the background...

details the geographical distribution of Russian-speakers. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the status of the Russian language often became...

The Russian Internet (Russian: русский Интернет) or Runet (Russian: Рунет), is the part of the Internet that uses the Russian language, including the...

usage. The 2012 law On the principles of the State language policy [uk; ru] granted regional language status to Russian and other minority languages. It...

Help:IPA/Russian Russian alphabet Russian orthography Reforms of Russian orthography History of the Russian language List of Russian language topics Index of phonetics...

Slavic instead; the period after the common language of the East Slavs is sometimes distinguished as Middle Russian, or Great Russian. Some scholars have...

other Turkic languages, Persian and Russian. The official language of government according to current legislation is Uzbek, while the Republic of Karakalpakstan...

schools and as a language of instruction in the Russian Empire, and continued in various ways in the Soviet Union. Even so, the language continued to see...

The history of Russian animation is the visual art form produced by Russian animation makers. As most of Russia's production of animation for cinema and...

Russian Sign Language (RSL) is the sign language used by the Deaf community in Russia, with what is possibly additional presence in Belarus and Tajikistan...

Russian studies is an interdisciplinary field crossing politics, history, culture, economics, and languages of Russia and its neighborhood, often grouped...

schools, except for subjects related to culture and history of the Russian minority, such as Russian language and literature classes. There are several politicians...

Russian is the first language of more than 150,000 people in Azerbaijan, predominantly ethnic Russians, as well as of Russified Azeris, Ukrainians, Jews...

medieval Russian in the Volga river valley, the language of the Russian principalities including the Grand Duchy of Moscow. All these languages use the Cyrillic...