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Definition of Russian-speaking
1. Adjective. Able to communicate in Russian.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Russian-speaking
Literary usage of Russian-speaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"It is used by about two-thirds of the Russian-speaking population ... (2) Little
Russian, spoken by about one-fourth of the Russian-speaking population, ..."
2. Russian Money Laundering: Congressional Hearing edited by James A. Leach (2001)
"I think that American law enforcement agencies should focus their attention on
the banks that have Russian-speaking employees in the areas with a ..."
3. Who are the Slavs?: A Contribution to Race Psychology by Paul Rankov Radosavljevich (1919)
"... it is the basis of literary Russian, used by about two-thirds of the
Russian-speaking population. Broadly speaking, it is heard in the north, centre, ..."
4. Soviet Defectors: The KGB Wanted List by Vladislav Krasnov (1986)
"It was not until Friday, September 19, that an interpreter was found in the person
of Robert F. Ober, Jr., a Russian- speaking diplomat from the US Embassy ..."
5. Russian Organized Crime in the United States: Hearing Before the Permanent by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"Since the late 1970s, Brighton has become home to an ever-growing number of
Russian-speaking immigrants from a variety of former Soviet Republics, ..."
6. Conflict in the Soviet Union: Tadzhikistan by Helsinki Watch Staff, Human Rights Watch (Organization), Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.) (1991)
"Language and Cultural Issues A local Russian-speaking artist described a meeting
at the ... One Russian-speaking resident of Dushanbe told Helsinki Watch: ..."
7. The New European Diasporas: National Minorities and Conflict in Eastern Europe by Michael Mandelbaum (2000)
"It is possible that a distinct Russian-speaking social and political identity
will be formed in the non-Russian, non-Ukrainian former Soviet republics that ..."
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