Russian is a Slavic language spoken as a native language in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and is also widely used, although not as an official language, in Latvia, Estonia and many other republics of the former Soviet Union. .
Lugha ya kirusi ni lugha ya kislavoni inayoongelewa kama lugha ya asili huko Urusi, Belarusi, Ukraine, Kazakhstan na Kyrgyzstan, na pia inatumika sana, ijapokuwa si kama lugha rasmi huko Latvia, Estonia na nchi nyingine nyingi zilizokuwa ni jamhuri katika Umoja wa Sovieti wa zamani.