1. Languages of the World
Eastern Europe is a unique region in terms of language. ... It is the gift of Turk language family. ... Russian, Ukrainian, Rusyn and Belarusian languages stem from one common ancestor – the Old Slavic language, which was the language of the medieval kingdom of Kievan Rus'. ... Emperor Peter the First in XVIII century proclaimed the western course of the empire, which led to relocation of numerous French, German and Dutch specialists to Russia. There was even a period of time, when Russian nobility spoke French and German while disregarding Russian completely, as it was considered a...
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