Learning Russian
I was looking for promising career opportunities abroad. In the course, I learned that chances of one getting good jobs or being selected for excellent positions in reputed companies increase manifold upon mastering foreign languages. My search took me closer to information about my dream job in a multinational company based in Russia. An in-depth study about the requirements of the position I desired made me realize that it would be beneficial for me if I attained proficiency in the Russian language.
I began gathering information about the language that I was planning to learn, Russian. The information was as follows:
- Russian is an East Slavic language. It is native to the Russians in Eastern Europe. Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages. It is one of the four living members of the East Slavic languages alongside and is a part of the larger Balto-Slavic branch.
- Russian is an official language in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. It is used widely throughout the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to some extent in the Baltic States. Many Russian speakers are residents of other countries like Israel and Mongolia.
- Russian was the de facto language of the Soviet Union until its dissolution on 26 December 1991. Russian is used in an official capacity or in public life in all the post-Soviet nation-states.