Standard Russian · Moskovskoye
The Moscow-area standard of Russian. The reference variety in education, broadcasting, and most second-language teaching.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 55.76°, 37.62°
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Moscow Russian vs Ural Russian
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Uralsky govor
The Russian of the Ural region around Yekaterinburg and Perm. Mixes Northern and Central Russian features with contact influence from local Finno-Ugric and Turkic languages.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 56.84°, 60.61°
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