Russian
How many people are native Russian speakers?
About 150 million people speak Russian natively, mostly in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. It is the most spoken native language in Europe.
How many people speak Russian in the world?
Nearly 260 million speak Russian worldwide, with many speakers residing in Kazakhstan and other neighbouring former Soviet countries.
Origins of Russian
Russian is an East Slavic language from the Indo-European family. In its spoken form it is most similar to Ukrainian but differs in its written form.
Vladimir Vladimirovič Majakovskij (Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky)Kazimir Severinovič Malevič (Kazimir Severinovich Malevich)Kazimir Malevič (Malevich)Mariinskij (Mariinsky)Mikhail Matiushin (Michael Matyushin)Dmitrij Anatol'evič Medvedev (Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev)Vsevolod Emil'evič Mejerchol'd (Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold)Dmitrij Ivanovič Mendeleev (Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev)Nikita Sergeevič Michalkov (Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov)Konon Trofimovich MolodyModest Petrovič Musorgskij (Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky)
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