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There are also some printed sources that can be of use. For example, ''In Their Words: A Genealogist's Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian Documents'' (Volume 2) by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman is an excellent resource. There is also ''A New Russian-English and English-Russian Dictionary'' by M. Golovinsky. This dictionary is from the 1940s and uses the old spelling rules. Available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library (Film 1045409 Item 1). | There are also some printed sources that can be of use. For example, ''In Their Words: A Genealogist's Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian Documents'' (Volume 2) by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman is an excellent resource. There is also ''A New Russian-English and English-Russian Dictionary'' by M. Golovinsky. This dictionary is from the 1940s and uses the old spelling rules. Available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library (Film 1045409 Item 1). | ||
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Not all verb conjugations follow the same pattern. See [http://www.russianforeveryone.com/Rufe/Lessons/Course1/Grammar/GramUnit5/GramUnit5_2.htm Russian For Everyone Present Tense of Verbs] for more information. | Not all verb conjugations follow the same pattern. See [http://www.russianforeveryone.com/Rufe/Lessons/Course1/Grammar/GramUnit5/GramUnit5_2.htm Russian For Everyone Present Tense of Verbs] for more information. | ||
'''Further Information on Russian Language'''<br> | |||
Russian (русский язык tr.: russkiy yazyk, [ˈru.skʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]) is the most widely spoken language of Eurasia and the most widespread of the Slavonic languages.<br> | |||
Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages. Within the Slavic branch, Russian is one of three living members of the East Slavic group, the other two being Belarusian and Ukrainian.<br> | |||
Written examples of East Slavonic are attested from the 10th century onwards. While Russian preserves much of East Slavonic synthetic-inflectional structure and a Common Slavonic word base, modern Russian exhibits a large stock of borrowed international vocabulary for politics, science, and technology. A language of great political importance in the 20th century, Russian is one of the official languages of the United Nations. | |||
Of Russia's estimated 150 million large population, it is thought that over 81% speak the official language of Russian as their first and only language. Most speakers of a minority language are also bilingual speakers of Russian. There are over 100 minority languages spoken in Russia today, the most popular of which is Tartar, spoken by more than 3% of the country's population.<br> | |||
Other minority languages include Ukrainian, Chuvash, Bashir, Mordvin and Chechen. Although few of these populations make up even 1% of the Russian population, these languages are prominent in key regional areas. | |||
Although Russian is the only federally official language of the Russian Federation, there are several other officially-recognized languages within Russia's various constituencies. This is a list of languages that are official only in certain parts of Russia. | |||
# Abaza (in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic) | |||
# Adyghe (in the Republic of Adygea) | |||
# Altay (in the Altai Republic) | |||
# Bashkir (in the Republic of Bashkortostan) | |||
# Buryat (in Agin-Buryat Autonomous 6. Okrug, Buryat Republic, and Ust- Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug) | |||
# Chechen (in the Chechen Republic) | |||
# Chukchi (in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) | |||
# Chuvash (in the Chuvash Republic) | |||
# Dolgan (in Taymyr Autonomous Okrug) | |||
# Erzya (in the Republic of Mordovia) | |||
# Evenk (in Evenk Autonomous Okrug) | |||
# Ingush (in the Republic of Ingushetia) | |||
# Kabardian (in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and Karachay-Cherkess Republic) | |||
# Kalmyk (in the Republic of Kalmykia) | |||
# Karachay-Balkar (in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and Karachay-Cherkess Republic) | |||
# Khakas (in the Republic of Khakassia) | |||
# Khanty (in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) | |||
# Komi-Zyrian (in the Komi Republic) | |||
# Koryak (in Koryak Autonomous Okrug) | |||
# Mansi (in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) | |||
# Mari (in the Mari El Republic) | |||
# Moksha (in the Republic of Mordovia) | |||
# Nenets (in Nenets Autonomous Okrug) | |||
# Nogai (in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic) | |||
# Ossetic (in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania) | |||
# Tatar (in the Republic of Tatarstan) | |||
# Tuvin (in the Tuva Republic) | |||
# Udmurt (in the Udmurt Republic) | |||
# Yakut (in the Sakha Republic) | |||
# Yiddish (in Jewish Autonomous Oblast) | |||
== References == | == References == | ||