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-Russian is the language of the Russian Federation and was the official language of the Soviet Union and of the Russian Empire. It was also used in official records of Poland, Finland, and Alaska.  Russian is one of the Slavic languages, which are divided into three groups.
-{|
-|-
-| style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:50px" |
-|East
-*Russian
-*Belorussian
-*Ukrainian
-| style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:50px" |
-|West
-*Polish
-*Czech
-*Slovak
-| style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:50px" |
-|South
-*Bulgarian
-*Serbo-Croatian
-*Slovenian
-*Macedonian
-|}
-===Additional Resources===
-There are many online resources for Russian grammar and vocabulary. Finding one that works for you should be possible through a simple search engine query.
-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).
-===Related Content===
-*[[Germans from Russia Language and Languages|Germans from Russia Language and Languages]]
 ==Description==
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 # Yakut (in the Sakha Republic)
 # Yiddish (in Jewish Autonomous Oblast)
+'''Other Information'''<br>
+Russian is the language of the Russian Federation and was the official language of the Soviet Union and of the Russian Empire. It was also used in official records of Poland, Finland, and Alaska.  Russian is one of the Slavic languages, which are divided into three groups.
+{|
+|-
+| style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:50px" |
+|East
+*Russian
+*Belorussian
+*Ukrainian
+| style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:50px" |
+|West
+*Polish
+*Czech
+*Slovak
+| style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:50px" |
+|South
+*Bulgarian
+*Serbo-Croatian
+*Slovenian
+*Macedonian
+|}
+There are many online resources for Russian grammar and vocabulary. Finding one that works for you should be possible through a simple search engine query.
+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).
+*[[Germans from Russia Language and Languages|Germans from Russia Language and Languages]]
 == References  ==