The modern Russian alphabet has 33 letters. One particularity of Russian is a parallel language called “mat” that has origins in profane and obscene language and expressions. It became more widespread ...

In a study published in 2024, Ukrainian linguistics expert Volodymyr Kulyk documented a marked decline in the everyday use of ...

The Cyrillic alphabet is closely based on the Greek alphabet, with about a dozen additional letters invented to represent Slavic sounds. Along with English, Russian is the language of space.

he felt “in pain” when writing because he was so ashamed of Russia. “I understood that Russia was destroying itself and destroying Russian language culture worldwide,” he said. Rejection ...

Following the switch to Estonian as the only language of instruction in schools, children from Russian-speaking families will not have to learn the Russian alphabet in Russian language classes ...

"Without the Russian language, Turkmenistan is plunging into ... especially after Turkmenistan shifted to the Latin alphabet in 1993. Then there is Turkmen migration to Turkey, a standout trend ...

Russian dominated the mundane and the intimate: gossiping with friends during recess, writing in a journal ... area the “New Russia,” imposing the language of the metropole on the Ukrainian ...