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Russian
(русский язык) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia,
the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language
in Europe. Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages and
is one of three living members of the East Slavic languages, the others
being Belarusian and Ukrainian.
Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the 10th century onwards. Today, Russian is widely used outside Russia. Over a quarter of the world's scientific literature is published in Russian. Russian is also a necessary accessory of world communications systems (broadcasts, air- and space communication, etc). Because of the status of the former Soviet Union as a superpower, Russian is one of six official languages of the United Nations.
