<Tr> <Th> Linguasphere </Th> <Td> 53 - AAA - ea <53 - AAA - e (varieties: 53 - AAA - eaa to 53 - AAA - eat) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> States where Russian is an official language (dark blue) or spoken as a first or second language by 30% or more of the population (teal) </Td> </Tr> <P> Russian (Russian: ру́сский язы́к, tr . rússkiy yazýk) is an East Slavic language and an official language in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and many minor or unrecognised territories throughout Eurasia (particularity in Eastern Europe, the Baltics, the Caucasus, and Central Asia). It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine and to a lesser extent, the other post-Soviet states . </P> <P> Russian belongs to the family of Indo - European languages and is one of the four living members of the East Slavic languages (which in turn is part of the larger Balto - Slavic branch). Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the 10th century onward . </P>

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