Dialect comparison

Saint Petersburg Russian vs Ural Russian

Compare two dialects of Russian side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Saint Petersburg Russian

Petersburg pronunciation

The traditional educated speech of Saint Petersburg. Distinct from Moscow Russian in clearer enunciation of unstressed vowels and a number of lexical preferences.

Approximate centre
59.93°, 30.34°
Ural Russian

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.

Approximate centre
56.84°, 60.61°

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