Education in Russian is still a popular choice for both Russian as a second language (RSL) and native speakers in Russia, and in many former Soviet republics. Russian is still seen as an important language for children to learn in most of the former Soviet republics.

Russian language, principal state and cultural language of Russia. Together with Ukrainian and Belarusian, the Russian language makes up the eastern branch of the Slavic family of languages.

Russian is an Eastern Slavic language spoken mainly in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus, and in many other countries.

There are several words in Russian which translate to "Russians" in English. The noun and adjective русский, russkiy refers to ethnic Russians. The adjective российский, rossiiskiy denotes Russian citizens regardless of ethnicity.

Russians share many historical and cultural traits with other European peoples, and especially with other East Slavic ethnic groups, specifically Belarusians and Ukrainians.

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Russian is one of four living East Slavic languages. It shares similarities with other Slavic languages like Ukrainian and Belarusian, which also have East Slavic roots. Russian uses the Cyrillic script for its writing system, which includes the Russian alphabet and Russian Braille.

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Surprising and revealing facts about the Russian language, key phrases to get started, details on the Russian alphabet and useful Russian links.