Russian language in former Soviet Union?

Question

1. This woman is from a former Soviet Union country.

Does this woman speak Russian with a foreign accent?

If she does, can you guess where she is from?

http://media.putfile.com/Russian-Greeting

If you don't think she has a foreign accent, can you understand what she is talking about?

2. I've heard in some former Soviet Union countries, Russian is not spoken anymore because of nationalism while in some countries Russian is still a dominant language and is widely spoken.

<Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan>

Of the 14 countries above, in which countries Russian is a predominant language and in which countries Russian is not spoken anymore?

Answer 1

she says: my mother, my sweet, dear mother i love you very much, im missing you so much. trust me she could be from ANYWHERE in russia or any other former ussr countries. and she could also be from st petersburg. for those who say that russian is not uniform in russia go and watch KVN, there are tens of teams from all over russia and they are speaking the same language with the same pronunciation.

more or less predominant all over the country

belarus, moldova, ukraine (mostly eastern part)

equal domination along with the local language in urban areas and less so in rural areas

kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan (russian is an official language), tajikistan (official)

not predominant although russian is somewhat widely spoken and understood by the majority of population

armenia, azerbaijan, georgia, turkmenistan, uzbekistan

not predominant, spoken mainly by ethnic russians (that reaches almost 50% of the population) and not so much understood by non russian population

estonia, latvia, lithiuania

Answer 2

The girl speaks Russian. Her words addressed to her mother. &quot;My dear beloved mother,my best mother, I am missing you so very much.&quot;

Answer 3

In the Baltic states, If one or more of your parents is of Russian decent, then they will almost certainly they will be able to speak Russian fluently.

Answer 4

1)This girl speaks a perfect russian and she hasn&#039;t accent(belive me!)

2)In all this countries that you&#039;ve named the russian language still dominate(but it is spoken by people that just want to know it)--I am from Moldova and my national language is romanian but the second spoken language in my country is the russian(and i know it prety well)

Answer 5

In Armenia, Belarus, Kazakstan, Moldova, Tadjikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan 90% speak russian,in Belarus its first official state language...

Answer 6

The girl in the recording speaks Russian, but not the standard crisp St.Petersburg dialect. Her dialect is likely from a small town or village within the Russian Federation, not the other republics.

Outside of the Russian Federation, Russian is the predominant language in eastern half of Ukraine and Crimea. Those areas are multiethnic and historically had little sympathy for the Galicians, who currently rule Ukraine. The proposed NATO membership will likely be the last straw that splits Ukraine into 2 states.

Answer 7

The girl speaks perfect Russian .

But if she was from , say , Ukraine , she still wouldn&#039;t have any accent. I know plenty of Ukrainians and they speak Russian perfectly.

Now , from those above  , I can&#039;t be 100% sure about what I say , but  I think Armenia , Azerbaijan - Russian is still spoken.

Belarus -Yes. There is no &quot;Belarussian&quot; language or anything like that. They only have Russian as the official language.

Estonia - No. It has become a totally 100% European country , or at last that&#039;s what they seem to claim. Over the years since the split of USSR they&#039;ve been trying to split themselves as much as possible from anything having to do with Russia. Did you hear about that conflict about 2 years ago? About some fallen soldiers monuments? Anyway , sorry , I&#039;ve gone out of point...

Some people still learn Russian at school there , but not as much as before

Georgia - Yep , still speak Russian

Kazahstan - yes , they speak Russian too

Kirgistan - no idea

Latvia- I think they still do , but not much

Lithuania - same thing

Moldova - I don;t think they speak Russian much. They have their own predominant language

Tajikistan - Yes

Turkmenistan - yes

Ukraine - Ukrainians speak Ukranian amongst themselves , but they all know perfect Russian , it&#039;s taught as school. I think it was last winter , yes , nearly all the cinemas in Ukraine had to close because a new law came out , stating that all films had to be translated to Ukranian (before they were in Russian.) Ukrainin people no longer wanted to se films now they were in Ukrainian , so cinemas got broke and had to close :(

Uzbekistan - yes

May I note that Armenia, Azerbaijan,Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan would all speak Russian with an accent. There are major ethnic minorities in Russia from these countries, and they are often known for theit typical appearance , and they certainly have an accent.