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HISTORY Russian was the sole official language of the Russian Empire which existed until 1917. During the Soviet period, the policy toward the languages of the various other ethnic groups fluctuated in practice. The state helped develop Alphabet s and Grammar for various languages across the country that had previously been lacking a written form. Though each of the constituent republics had its own official language, the unifying role and superior status was reserved for Russian. Russian lost its status in many of the new republics that arose following the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union. In Russia, however, the dominating status of the Russian language continued. Today, 97% of the public school students of Russia receive their education only or mostly in Russian, even though Russia is made up of approximately 80% ethnic Russians . OFFICIAL LANGUAGES See List Of Official Languages In Russia . ENDANGERED LANGUAGES IN RUSSIA There are many Endangered Language s in Russia. Some are considered to be near extinction and put on the List Of Endangered Languages , and some may have gone extinct since data was last reported. On the other hand, some languages may survive even with few speakers. Some languages have doubtful data, like Serbian whose information in the Ethnologue is based on the 1959 census. Languages near extinction Most numbers are according to Michael Krauss , 1995. Given the time that has passed, languages with extremely few speakers (such as Kerek ) might be extinct today.
Other endangered languages LANGUAGES See List Of Languages Of Russia . SEE ALSO
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