Russian is written using the russian alphabet of the cyrillic script From the point of view of the spoken language, its closest relatives are ukrainian and belarusian, the other two national languages in the east slavic group. The russian language is the principal state and cultural language of russia
Russian is the primary language of the majority of people in russia Pick up some basic phrases, expand your vocabulary, or find a language partner to practise with. It is also used as a second language in other former republics of the soviet union
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