Russian Speaking Countries 2022

Although there are numerous Russian speakers worldwide, just four nations have Russian as the official language. Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia comprise this group.

Russia is the official language of the two nations. Lawmaking and inter-ethnic communication in Tajikistan are conducted in Tajik.

Registry offices and notary organizations throughout Uzbekistan utilize it. Turkmenistan has a large Russian-speaking population, both as a native language and as a second language. It is widely used and taught in schools across the country’s main cities.

Russian is a de jure official language in non-sovereign nations and semi-autonomous areas, where it is spoken alongside other languages.

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Russia’s territories of Adygea, Altai Republic, Bashkiria, Buryatia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Karelia, Komi Republic, Mari El, Mordovia, North Ossetia-Alania, Sakha Republic, Tatarstan, Tuva, and Udmurtia are included here.

All of Ukraine’s provinces, save the cities of Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv, have Russian as their de jure official language.

Sevastopol and Zaporizhia have Ukrainian as their de facto official language. Gagauzia, Romania, and Transnistria are just a few places where people speak Russian as their primary language.