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The 2009 census states that 482,200 people speak Russian as a native language, including 419,000 ethnic Russians, and 63,200 from other ethnic groups, for a total of 8.99% of the population. [9] Additionally, 1,854,700 residents of Kyrgyzstan aged 15 and above fluently speak Russian as a second language, 49.6% of the population in that age ...
Country Status 1. Russia: State language (государственный язык - gosudarstvennyy yazyk), the highest level in the country. Constitution: The Russian language shall be the state language throughout the Russian Federation. (Article 68) A few regions in Russia have an additional state language. (2nd level of importance).
Pages in category "Countries and territories where Russian is an official language" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Ex-Soviet republics and Warsaw Pact countries: Many people speak Russian fluently, especially in Slavic countries within the area of the former USSR (typically in Belarus and Ukraine), along with Moldova, which has a Slavic minority. However, few Polish, Slovak or Czech people speak Russian, despite huge expenditures in the past. Abkhazia.
Map of all areas where the Russian language is the language spoken by the majority of the population. South Slavic dialect continuum with major dialect groups West Slavic dialect continuum with major dialect groups. East Slavic languages: Belarusian: ISO 639-1 code: be; ISO 639-3 code: bel; Russian: ISO 639-1 code: ru; ISO 639-3 code: rus
Finland borders Russia directly, and from 1809 until 1917 was a Grand Duchy of Finland in personal union with the Russian Empire. As of 2013, Finland had 31,000 Russian citizens, which amounted to 0.56% of the population, [67] and 80,000 (1.5%) [clarification needed] speak Russian as their mother tongue.
Russian language in Belarus (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Geographical distribution of the Russian language" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold : internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN)