About 278 million total people speak Russian, 164 million of whom use it as their primary language.
I speak Russian! I was born in Russia
As their first language, according to the World Almanac - 145 million, another source - 160 million.
This number reflects the population of Russia. The majority of people in the former USSR speak Russian - around 285 million.
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The people of Tallinn, which is the capital city of Estonia, primarily speak Estonian. Estonian is the official language of Estonia and is spoken by the majority of its population. However, many people in Tallinn also speak English and Russian.
Yes, English is spoken in Ukraine, particularly in larger cities and tourist areas. However, Ukrainian and Russian are the official languages of the country.
Not necessarily. Many Ukrainians do speak Russian, especially older people, as russian education was mandatory during Soviet times. The Russians have been trying to eradicate Ukrainian nationalism and the Ukrainian language since Tsarist times (Ems ukase), much as the English managed to eradicate the Irish language. Many more speak "surzhyk," a Russian-Ukrainian pidgin. Many students now chose to study English rather than Russian in school. Most Ukrainians have some knowledge of Russian because many movies and books are only available in that language.
The people of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, primarily speak Mongolian. The Khalkha dialect of Mongolian is the most common in the city. Additionally, many residents may also understand and speak Russian and English to some extent.
The Russian immigrants spoke Russian.
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The people of Tallinn, which is the capital city of Estonia, primarily speak Estonian. Estonian is the official language of Estonia and is spoken by the majority of its population. However, many people in Tallinn also speak English and Russian.
Yes, English is spoken in Ukraine, particularly in larger cities and tourist areas. However, Ukrainian and Russian are the official languages of the country.
No. The Russian people primarily speak Russian, and Germans primarily speak German.
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Some do but it is not commonly spoken in Russia.
St. Petersburg is a Russian city and the people there speak Russian.
Russian Jews speak Russian as their first language. Yiddish is a rare second language in Russia. Hardly any Russian Jews can speak it (Most Yiddish speakers in the world live in Belarus, Israel, and Argentina).There are no longer any native speakers of Yiddish in Russia.
Lithuanian, one of the two existing Baltic languages. The other one is Latvian that is spoken in Latvia. In the capital of Lithuania there are many people that speak Russian, and some Polish. Moreover, most of older people can speak in Russian as their second language. Younger generation would more likely speak in English than Russian.
Māori can refer to both the people and the language. So, Māori speak te reo Māori. It's like Russian people speak Russian etc.
Usually the US people speak only English. However, some learn Spanish, French, Arabic, and Russian.
No. However, all of the languages of the Former Yugoslavia countries speak languages that are related to Russian.