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DescriptionRussophone.svg	English: Nations in which the Russian language is spoken officially or regionally.
Date	June 2009
Source	File:BlankMap-World6.svg W3C-validity not checked. In all these countries listed below (both internationally recognized and partially recognized), Russian is a co-official language with equal status: Article 17 of the Constitution of Belarus Article 7 of the Constitution of Kazakhstan Article 10 of the Constitution of Kyrgyzstan Article 6 of the Constitution of Abkhazia Article 4 of the Constitution of South Ossetia (Russian) In these countries listed below, Russian is not an official language, but it is widespread as a mother language, second language, lingua franca and/or de facto working language: Armenia Azerbaijan Estonia Georgia Israel (Hebrew) Latvia Lithuania (see page 6) (Lithuanian) Moldova Mongolia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine (from page 155 onward) Uzbekistan
Author	NuclearVacuum
Other versions	File:RussianLanguageMap.png, File:Russophone of the world.PNG

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English (en): Nations in which the Russian language is spoken officially or regionally.

Nations and regions where Russian is officially spoken.

Nations where Russian is widely understood.

eesti (et): Riigid, kus räägitakse vene keelt.

Riigikeel.

Räägitakse laialdaselt.

русский (ru): Страны, в которых говорят на русском языке.

Официальный язык.

Широко говорят и понимают.

Deutsch (de): Länder, wo man auf Russisch spricht .

Offizielle Sprache.

Gebiete, wo man gut Russisch spricht.

français (fr): Pays dans lesquels le Russe est officiellement ou régionalement parlé.

Pays et régions où le russe est officiellement parlé.

Pays où le russe est largement compris.

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	02:46, 25 February 2022	940 × 477 (1.6 MB)	Kwamikagami	colors and 30% cut-off per other maps in the series
	22:26, 12 July 2019	940 × 477 (1.56 MB)	Matricatria	The latest upload is consistent. There are two color labels: Official usage and widespread use. Please see the sources.
	21:45, 12 July 2019	940 × 477 (1.64 MB)	SpesBona	Reverted to version as of 08:39, 15 November 2014 (UTC) – reason?
	08:13, 12 July 2019	940 × 477 (1.56 MB)	Matricatria	Reverted to version as of 00:02, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
	08:39, 15 November 2014	940 × 477 (1.64 MB)	Leftcry	South Sudan
	22:23, 17 September 2014	940 × 477 (1.64 MB)	Leftcry	Reverted to version as of 02:47, 17 September 2014 I don't want to start an edit war but this map includes all states and regions where Russian is an official language which is why Abkhazia and South Ossetia are listed, Russian is official in Crimea ev...
	10:43, 17 September 2014	940 × 477 (1.6 MB)	Denniss	Reverted to version as of 12:06, 27 November 2010
	02:47, 17 September 2014	940 × 477 (1.64 MB)	Leftcry	official status
	12:06, 27 November 2010	940 × 477 (1.6 MB)	Nicolay Sidorov	Государственный русский язык - только в России и Белоруссии. "Официальный язык" - отдельная тема.
	00:02, 11 July 2010	940 × 477 (1.56 MB)	NuclearVacuum	redone based on information on Wikipedia