List of territorial entities where Russian is an official language

The Russian language is official in over 38 countries, autonomous regions, de facto independent nation-states, and regions. This is a list of countries and territories where Russian is an official language:

Former Soviet Republics

Official

=Some Official Functions

Country subdivisions

In these country subdivisions (non-sovereign countries), Russian has de jure official status, but other languages are used alongside in their respective regions at the subnational level.

Country subdivisions where Russian is a de jure official language
Subdivision Sovereign State Region Population
 Adygea[10]  Russia Eastern Europe 444,403
 Altai Republic[11]  Russia Asia 215,263
 Bashkiria[12]  Russia Eastern Europe 4,071,181
 Buryatia[13]  Russia Asia 982,314
 Chechnya[14]  Russia Eastern Europe 1,394,833
 Chuvashia[15]  Russia Eastern Europe 1,236,247
 Crimea[16]  Russia (de facto) Eastern Europe 1,908,322
 Dagestan[17]  Russia Eastern Europe 3,015,639
 Ingushetia[18]  Russia Eastern Europe 473,340
 Kabardino-Balkaria[19]  Russia Eastern Europe 862,050
 Kalmykia[20]  Russia Eastern Europe 278,855
 Karachay-Cherkessia[21]  Russia Eastern Europe 467,617
 Karelia[22]  Russia Eastern Europe 629,771
 Khakassia[23]  Russia Asia 536,768
 Komi Republic[24]  Russia Eastern Europe 856,631
 Mari El[25]  Russia Eastern Europe 685,852
 Mordovia[26]  Russia Eastern Europe 807,444
 Sakha Republic[27]  Russia Asia 959,875
 New York.[28][29] USA
 North Ossetia-Alania[30]  Russia Eastern Europe 703,470
 Tatarstan[31]  Russia Eastern Europe 3,868,537
 Transnistria  Moldova (de jure) Europe
 Tuva[32]  Russia Asia 315 532
 Udmurtia[33]  Russia Eastern Europe 1,517,237
 Gagauzia  Moldova Europe
 Donetsk Oblast  Ukraine de facto partially controlled by  Donetsk People's Republic Europe
 Luhansk Oblast  Ukraine de facto partially controlled by  Luhansk People's Republic Europe
 Kherson Oblast  Ukraine Europe
 Mykolaiv Oblast  Ukraine Europe
 Odessa Oblast  Ukraine Europe
 Kharkiv Oblast  Ukraine Europe
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast  Ukraine Europe
 Sevastopol  Russia (de facto) Europe
A number of municipalities in Tulcea and Constanța counties  Romania Europe
 Zaporizhia Oblast  Ukraine Europe

As a minority language

See also

References

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  10. "Constitution of the Republic of Adygea, Article 5". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  11. "Constitution of the Republic of Altai, Article 13". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  12. "Constitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 1". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  13. "Constitution of the Republic of Buryatia, Article 67". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  14. "Constitution of the Republic of Chechnya, Article 10.1". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  15. "Constitution of the Republic of Chuvash, Article 10.1". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  16. "Constitution of the Republic of Crimea, Article 10.1" (PDF). Russian Ministry of Education, Sciences, and Youth. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  17. "Constitution of the Republic of Dagestan, Article 11". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  18. "Constitution of the Republic of Ingushetia, Article 14". Government of Ingueshetia. Retrieved 2016-12-02.<
  19. "Constitution of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Article 76". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  20. "Constitution of the Republic of Kalmykia, Article 17". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  21. "Constitution of the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia, Article 11.1; 11.2". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  22. "Constitution of Russia, Article 11". Government of Karelia. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  23. "Constitution of the Republic of Khakassia, Article 69". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  24. "Constitution of the Komi Republic, Article 67". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  25. "Constitution of the Mari El Republic, Article 15". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  26. "Constitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Article 12". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  27. "Constitution of the Republic of Sakha, Article 46". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  28. "Русский язык стал официальным языком в штате Нью-Йорк" (in Russian). АНН news. 2009-08-11. Archived from the original on 2011-08-21. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  29. "U.S. Census Bureau 2012 estimate: NYC & NY". Archived from the original on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  30. "Constitution of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Article 15". PEC Agency. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  31. "Constitution of the Republic of Tartarstan, Article 8.1". Government of Tatarstan. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  32. "Constitution of the Republic of Tyva, Article 5.1". Constitution Garant. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  33. "Constitution of the Republic of Udmurtia, Article 8". Wikipedia. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
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