Language

Russian

Russian is a language in the Indo-European family spoken in 55 countries.

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Scripture in Russian

A complete Bible is reported in Russian.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Russian is spoken

  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • China
  • Cyprus
  • Czechia
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Moldova
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Mozambique
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • North Korea
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Svalbard and Jan Mayen
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Tajikistan
  • Türkiye
  • Turkmenistan
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Yemen

See Russian on the language map

About Russian

Language family
Indo-European
ISO 639-3 code
rus
Glottocode
russ1263
Also known as
Russian: Central Asia

Dialects and varieties 19

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Russian as a whole.

  • Central AsiaNo known Scripture
  • Central RussianNo known Scripture
  • DoukhoborNo known Scripture
  • DoukhobourNo known Scripture
  • Kodiak Creole RussianNo known Scripture
  • LipovanNo known Scripture
  • MolokanNo known Scripture
  • NinilchikNo known Scripture
  • North RussianNo known Scripture
  • NorthernNo known Scripture
  • Novgorod North RussianNo known Scripture
  • Nuclear South RussianNo known Scripture
  • OlonetsNo known Scripture
  • PomorNo known Scripture
  • SiberiaNo known Scripture
  • South RussianNo known Scripture
  • SouthernNo known Scripture
  • Vladimir-VolgaNo known Scripture
  • Vologda-KirovNo known Scripture

Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0.