Geographical distribution of Russian speakers (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Geographical distribution of Russian speakers" in English language version.

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70web.archive.org

1^st place

5stat.ee

3,235^th place

4,597^th place

3demoscope.ru

548^th place

1,990^th place

3rferl.org

737^th place

605^th place

3nytimes.com

7^th place

3yle.fi

380^th place

933^rd place

3un.org

97^th place

164^th place

3europa.eu

68^th place

117^th place

2cbs.gov.il

1,276^th place

2,784^th place

2books.google.com

3^rd place

2cia.gov

89^th place

147^th place

2russkiymir.ru

low place

2ratinggroup.ua

low place

2census.gov

45^th place

41^st place

1sras.org

low place

1narod.ru

244^th place

1,325^th place

1latimes.com

22^nd place

19^th place

1gks.ru

165^th place

1,446^th place

1rbth.com

1,781^st place

1,533^rd place

1gazeta.uz

6,174^th place

low place

1stat.gov.tm

low place

1statistica.md

3,967^th place

6,957^th place

1stat.gov.lt

4,535^th place

7,836^th place

1stat.gov.az

7,904^th place

low place

1id.com.au

low place

1statcan.gc.ca

404^th place

305^th place

1cystat.gov.cy

low place

1czso.cz

845^th place

2,321^st place

1stat.fi

1,881^st place

2,865^th place

1destatis.de

865^th place

2,627^th place

1public.lu

2,674^th place

3,686^th place

1stat.gov.pl

470^th place

954^th place

1revistadesociologie.ro

low place

1scitanie.sk

low place

1ine.es

423^rd place

2,721^st place

1spraktidningen.se

low place

1csb.gov.lv

9,622^nd place

low place

1armstat.am

4,554^th place

7,502^nd place

1stat.gov.kz

2,104^th place

8,279^th place

1stat.gov.kg

low place

1stat.tj

low place

1regnum.ru

1,449^th place

6,513^th place

1ksh.hu

1,860^th place

3,604^th place

1fundeh.org

low place

1ada.edu.az

low place

1sina.com.cn

144^th place

497^th place

1myjewishlearning.com

4,994^th place

3,561^st place

1homestead.com

4,820^th place

3,498^th place

1giz.de

low place

1nr2.ru

low place

1amnesty.org

1,367^th place

1,176^th place

1amnestyusa.org

6,798^th place

5,245^th place

1helsinki.fi

1,670^th place

2,355^th place

1ethnologue.com

339^th place

388^th place

1unpo.org

8,486^th place

6,982^nd place

1parliamentrso.org

low place

1historia.lv

low place

1stat.gov.lv

8,040^th place

low place

1baltic-course.com

low place

1lsm.lv

3,067^th place

3,545^th place

1alppi.eu

low place

1vu.lt

low place

1mfa.lt

low place

1investlithuania.com

low place

1deschide.md

low place

1minelres.lv

low place

1vestnikkavkaza.net

low place

1karelia.ru

4,719^th place

low place

1eesti.ca

low place

1ratinggroup.com.ua

low place

1theguardian.com

12^th place

11^th place

1partyofregions.org.ua

low place

1novostimira.com.ua

low place

1kyivpost.com

1,602^nd place

1,070^th place

1ukrinform.net

3,287^th place

2,285^th place

1mof.gov.cy

low place

1languagehat.com

low place

ada.edu.az

biweekly.ada.edu.az

"Biweekly". biweekly.ada.edu.az. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.

alppi.eu

"Ethnic and Language Policy of the Republic of Lithuania: Basis and Practice, Jan Andrlík" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2016.

amnesty.org

""ESTONIA: LANGUAGE POLICE GETS MORE POWERS TO HARASS", 27 February 2007, Amnesty International". 27 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2018-11-22. Retrieved 2018-11-21.

amnestyusa.org

"Estonia". Amnesty International USA. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

armstat.am

"Բաժին 5. ՄՇՏԱԿԱՆ ԲՆԱԿՉՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԱԶԳԱՅԻՆ ԿԱԶՄԸ, ԼԵԶՈՒՆԵՐԻՆ ՏԻՐԱՊԵՏԵԼԸ ԵՎ ԿՐՈՆԱԿԱՆ ԴԱՎԱՆԱՆՔԸ" [CHAPTER 5. ETHNIC STRUCTURE, FLUENCY IN LANGUAGES AND RELIGIOUS BELIEF OF PERMANENT POPULATION] (in Armenian). ArmStat. 2022. Archived from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2025.

baltic-course.com

"Latvian president promulgates bill banning teaching in Russian at private universities". The Baltic Course. April 7, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved August 11, 2018.

books.google.com

Grenoble, L. A. (2003-07-31). Language Policy in the Soviet Union. Springer. ISBN 9781402012983. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
Migration, Refugee Policy, and State Building in Postcommunist Europe Archived 2017-09-17 at the Wayback Machine by Oxana Shevel, Cambridge University Press, 2011,ISBN 0521764793

cbs.gov.il

www1.cbs.gov.il

Based on a 2011 population of 7,706,400 (Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel^{[permanent dead link]})
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. "Selected Data from the 2011 Social Survey on Mastery of the Hebrew Language and Usage of Languages (Hebrew Only)". Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.

census.gov

data.census.gov

"ACS 2023 5-year estimate - Language Spoken at Home by Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over". United States Census Bureau.

census.gov

"Language Use in the United States: 2007, census.gov" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2013-06-18.

cia.gov

"Languages". The World Factbook. Archived from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
Georgia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.

csb.gov.lv

data1.csb.gov.lv

"TSG11-071. Ethnicities of resident population in statistical regions, cities under state jurisdiction and counties by language mostly spoken at home; on 1 March 2011". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

cystat.gov.cy

cystatdb.cystat.gov.cy

"Population Enumerated by Language, Sex, District and Urban/Rural Area, 1.10.2021". Cyprus Statistical Service.

czso.cz

vdb.czso.cz

"Population by selected mother tongue, sex and regions". Czech Statistical Office. 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-05-31.

demoscope.ru

"Падение статуса русского языка на постсоветском пространстве". Demoscope.ru. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
"Русскоязычие распространено не только там, где живут русские". Demoscope.ru. Archived from the original on 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
"Демоскоп Weekly. Об итогах Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года. Сообщение Росстата". Demoscope.ru. 2011-11-08. Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

deschide.md

"Președintele CCM: Constituția nu conferă limbii ruse un statut deosebit de cel al altor limbi minoritare". Deschide.md. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

destatis.de

"Statistischer Bericht - Mikrozensus - Bevölkerung nach Migrationshintergrund - Erstergebnisse 2024" [Statistical report - Microcensus - Population by migration background - First results 2024]. Statistisches Bundesamt. Archived from the original on 20 May 2025.

eesti.ca

Goble, Paul (December 17, 2008). "Russification Efforts in Mari El Disturb Hungarians". Estonian World Review. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.

ethnologue.com

"Russian". Archived from the original on 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2015-01-05.

europa.eu

ec.europa.eu

"Eurobarometer 386" (PDF). European Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
"Europeans and their Languages" (PDF). europa.eu. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-21.

op.europa.eu

"Europeans and their languages". Publications Office of the EU. 20 June 2013.

fundeh.org

"Русский язык в новых независимых государствах" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-16.

gazeta.uz

"Опубликованы данные об этническом составе населения Узбекистана". Газета.uz. August 20, 2021.

giz.de

liportal.giz.de

"Results Of The 2009 National Population Census Of The Republic Of Kazakhstan" (PDF). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

gks.ru

"Население наиболее многочисленных национальностей по родному языку". gks.ru. Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-10-28.

helsinki.fi

"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2015-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

historia.lv

(in Latvian) Declaration of independence of 4 May 1990 Archived 5 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 24 December 2006)

homestead.com

prosites-kazakhembus.homestead.com

"Population Grows to 15.4 Million, More Births, Less Emigration Are Reasons". Kazakhstan News Bulletin - Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 20 April 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2015.

id.com.au

profile.id.com.au

"Language spoken at home | Australia | Community profile". profile.id.com.au.

ine.es

"INEbase / Demografía y población /Cifras de población y Censos demográficos /Encuesta de Características Esenciales de la Población y las Viviendas / Microdatos". INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-12.

investlithuania.com

"Employees fluent in three languages – it's the norm in Lithuania". Invest Lithuania. Retrieved 2022-04-05.

karelia.ru

gov.karelia.ru

"22.07.2009 - Karelian language to be used for all national events". Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

ksh.hu

"Központi Statisztikai Hivatal". www.ksh.hu.

kyivpost.com

"Yanukovych signs language bill into law". 8 August 2012. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

languagehat.com

"Ninilchik". languagehat.com. 2009-01-01. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2013-06-18.

latimes.com

Efron, Sonni (8 June 1993). "Case Study: Russians: Becoming Strangers in Their Homeland: Millions of Russians are now unwanted minorities in newly independent states, an explosive situation". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

lsm.lv

eng.lsm.lv

"Government okays transition to Latvian as sole language at schools in 2019". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. January 23, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-08-16. Retrieved August 11, 2018.

mfa.lt

in.mfa.lt

"Statistics Lithuania: 78.5% of Lithuanians speak at least one foreign language | News | Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Archived from the original on January 6, 2021.

minelres.lv

Об исполнении Российской Федерацией Рамочной конвенции о защите национальных меньшинств. Альтернативный доклад НПО. (Doc) (in Russian). MINELRES. p. 80. Archived from the original on 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2009-05-16.

mof.gov.cy

Στατιστική Υπηρεσία - Πληθυσμός και Κοινωνικές Συνθήκες - Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Ανακοινώσεις - Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού, 2011 (in Greek). Demoscope.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2013-06-18.

myjewishlearning.com

"Russians in Israel".

narod.ru

legal-ussr.narod.ru

"СССР. ЗАКОН СССР ОТ 24.04.1990 О ЯЗЫКАХ НАРОДОВ СССР". Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

novostimira.com.ua

"Яценюк считает, что если Партия регионов победит, может возникнуть «второй Майдан»", Novosti Mira (Ukraine) Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine

nr2.ru

Русский язык в Монголии стал обязательным [Russian language has become compulsory in Mongolia] (in Russian). New Region. 21 September 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 16 May 2009.

nytimes.com

Brooke, James (February 15, 2005). "For Mongolians, E Is for English, F Is for Future". The New York Times. New York Times. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
Levy, Clifford J. (June 7, 2010). "Estonia Raises Its Pencils to Erase Russian". Archived from the original on September 17, 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
Herszenhorn, David M. (February 19, 2012). "Latvians Reject Russian as Second Language". Archived from the original on March 6, 2017 – via NYTimes.com.

parliamentrso.org

"Конституция Республики Южная Осетия". Парламент Республики Южная Осетия (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 15 November 2018.

partyofregions.org.ua

FROM STABILITY TO PROSPERITY Draft Campaign Program of the Party of Regions Archived December 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Party of Regions Official Information Portal (27 August 2012)

public.lu

statistiques.public.lu

"RP2021 - Une Diversité linguistique en forte hausse" (PDF). statistiques.public.lu (in French). 2023-12-08. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-04-22. Retrieved 2025-05-07.

ratinggroup.com.ua

The language question, the results of recent research in 2012 Archived 2015-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, RATING (25 May 2012)

ratinggroup.ua

rbth.com

Zubacheva, Ksenia (16 May 2017). "Why Russian is still spoken in the former Soviet republics". Russia Beyond The Headlines. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.

regnum.ru

"Украинцы лучше владеют русским языком, чем украинским: соцопрос". ИА REGNUM.

revistadesociologie.ro

Constantin, Marin (2014). "The ethno-cultural belongingness of Aromanians, Vlachs, Catholics, and Lipovans/Old Believers in Romania and Bulgaria (1990–2012)" (PDF). Revista Română de Sociologie. 25 (3–4). Bucharest: 255–285.

rferl.org

"Language A Sensitive Issue In Kyrgyzstan". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 27 June 2011. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
"Tajikistan Drops Russian As Official Language". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
"In Post-Soviet Central Asia, Russian Takes A Backseat". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Archived from the original on December 3, 2012.

russkiymir.ru

""Armenia introduces Russian-language education", Russkiy Mir, Dec, 10, 2010". Archived from the original on May 25, 2013.
"Russian language returns to Cuba". russkiymir.ru.

scitanie.sk

Population by sex, age groups (0 - 14, 15 - 64, 65+) and mother tongue (Report). Statistical Office of Slovak Republic 2021 Census.

sina.com.cn

history.sina.com.cn

王先金 (2010). "Chapter 3: 蒋经国主政台湾, under subheading "邓小平与蒋经国是同学"". 孤岛落日: 蒋介石与民国大佬的黄昏岁月. 团结出版社. The relevant paragraph is included as an excerpt in "蒋经国曾把邓小平当大哥称"吃苏联的饭"". 新浪历史——reprinted from 人民网. 2013-10-14.

spraktidningen.se

"Här är 20 största språken i Sverige". Språktidningen (in Swedish). 28 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

sras.org

""EMPIRE, NATIONALITIES, AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE USSR", VESTNIK, THE JOURNAL OF RUSSIAN AND ASIAN STUDIES, May 8, 2007". Archived from the original on November 3, 2012.

stat.ee

stat.fi

pxdata.stat.fi

"Language according to age and sex by region, 1990-2021". Statistics Finland. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

stat.gov.az

"Population Census in the Republic of Azerbaijan 2019". State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2025.

stat.gov.kg

"НАСЕЛЕНИЕ КЫРГЫЗСТАНА" [Population of Kyrgyzstan] (PDF) (in Russian). Kyrgyzstan Statistical Committee. 2022. pp. 118, 120. Retrieved 9 May 2025.

stat.gov.kz

"National composition, religion and language proficiency in the Republic of Kazakhstan - 2021 census" (PDF). Kazakhstan Bureau of National statistics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2025.

stat.gov.lt

osp.stat.gov.lt

"Population and Housing Census 2021". Statistics Lithuania. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

stat.gov.lv

"Statistics Portal". stat.gov.lv. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012.

stat.gov.pl

Size and demographic-social structure in the light of the 2021 Census results (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 2025-04-26.

stat.gov.tm

"4. National Composition of the Population and Language Proficiency" (PDF). State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics. 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2025.

stat.tj

"Национальный состав и владение языками, гражданство населения Республики Таджикистан" (PDF). Агентство по статистике при Президенте Республики Таджикистан. p. 58. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

statcan.gc.ca

www150.statcan.gc.ca

"Mother tongue by single and multiple mother tongue responses: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions". Statistics Canada. 2021.

statistica.md

"Structure of population by mother tongue, in territorial aspect in 2014". Statistica.md. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.

theguardian.com

Ukraine's war of the words Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian (5 July 2012)

ukrinform.net

Constitutional Court declares unconstitutional language law of Kivalov-Kolesnichenko Archived 2018-06-27 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (28 February 2018)

un.org

data.un.org

Based on a 2016 population of 17,855,000 (UN Statistics Division Archived 2014-01-25 at the Wayback Machine)
"Population by language, sex and urban/rural residence". UNdata. Archived from the original on 19 May 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

unstats.un.org

"Population And Housing Census Of The Kyrgyz Republic Of 2009" (PDF). UN Stats. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

unpo.org

"The Constitution of Abkhazia". UNPO. 2 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 15 November 2018.

vestnikkavkaza.net

"How many Russians are left in Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia?". vestnikkavkaza.net. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017.

vu.lt

zurnalai.vu.lt

Pupkis, Aldonas (2023). "The Official Lithuanian Language in the Interwar Years". Vilnius University.

web.archive.org

Based on a 2016 population of 17,855,000 (UN Statistics Division Archived 2014-01-25 at the Wayback Machine)
""EMPIRE, NATIONALITIES, AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE USSR", VESTNIK, THE JOURNAL OF RUSSIAN AND ASIAN STUDIES, May 8, 2007". Archived from the original on November 3, 2012.
Grenoble, L. A. (2003-07-31). Language Policy in the Soviet Union. Springer. ISBN 9781402012983. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
"СССР. ЗАКОН СССР ОТ 24.04.1990 О ЯЗЫКАХ НАРОДОВ СССР". Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
Efron, Sonni (8 June 1993). "Case Study: Russians: Becoming Strangers in Their Homeland: Millions of Russians are now unwanted minorities in newly independent states, an explosive situation". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
"Население наиболее многочисленных национальностей по родному языку". gks.ru. Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
"Population by language, sex and urban/rural residence". UNdata. Archived from the original on 19 May 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
Zubacheva, Ksenia (16 May 2017). "Why Russian is still spoken in the former Soviet republics". Russia Beyond The Headlines. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
"Population And Housing Census Of The Kyrgyz Republic Of 2009" (PDF). UN Stats. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
"Structure of population by mother tongue, in territorial aspect in 2014". Statistica.md. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
"Population Census in the Republic of Azerbaijan 2019". State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
"Population by selected mother tongue, sex and regions". Czech Statistical Office. 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-05-31.
"Statistischer Bericht - Mikrozensus - Bevölkerung nach Migrationshintergrund - Erstergebnisse 2024" [Statistical report - Microcensus - Population by migration background - First results 2024]. Statistisches Bundesamt. Archived from the original on 20 May 2025.
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. "Selected Data from the 2011 Social Survey on Mastery of the Hebrew Language and Usage of Languages (Hebrew Only)". Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
"RP2021 - Une Diversité linguistique en forte hausse" (PDF). statistiques.public.lu (in French). 2023-12-08. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-04-22. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
"Բաժին 5. ՄՇՏԱԿԱՆ ԲՆԱԿՉՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԱԶԳԱՅԻՆ ԿԱԶՄԸ, ԼԵԶՈՒՆԵՐԻՆ ՏԻՐԱՊԵՏԵԼԸ ԵՎ ԿՐՈՆԱԿԱՆ ԴԱՎԱՆԱՆՔԸ" [CHAPTER 5. ETHNIC STRUCTURE, FLUENCY IN LANGUAGES AND RELIGIOUS BELIEF OF PERMANENT POPULATION] (in Armenian). ArmStat. 2022. Archived from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
"RL21431: POPULATION, 31 DECEMBER 2021 by Year, Mother tongue, Place of residence and Sex". Stat.ee. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
"RL21438: POPULATION, 31 DECEMBER 2021 by Year, Place of residence, Command of foreign languages and Sex". Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
"National composition, religion and language proficiency in the Republic of Kazakhstan - 2021 census" (PDF). Kazakhstan Bureau of National statistics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
"Национальный состав и владение языками, гражданство населения Республики Таджикистан" (PDF). Агентство по статистике при Президенте Республики Таджикистан. p. 58. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
"Eurobarometer 386" (PDF). European Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
"Русский язык в новых независимых государствах" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
"Падение статуса русского языка на постсоветском пространстве". Demoscope.ru. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
"Русскоязычие распространено не только там, где живут русские". Demoscope.ru. Archived from the original on 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
"Languages". The World Factbook. Archived from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
""Armenia introduces Russian-language education", Russkiy Mir, Dec, 10, 2010". Archived from the original on May 25, 2013.
"Biweekly". biweekly.ada.edu.az. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
"Population Grows to 15.4 Million, More Births, Less Emigration Are Reasons". Kazakhstan News Bulletin - Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 20 April 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
"Results Of The 2009 National Population Census Of The Republic Of Kazakhstan" (PDF). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
"Language A Sensitive Issue In Kyrgyzstan". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 27 June 2011. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
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languagehat.com

latimes.com

lsm.lv

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mfa.lt

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minelres.lv

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narod.ru

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novostimira.com.ua

nr2.ru

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public.lu

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revistadesociologie.ro

rferl.org

russkiymir.ru

scitanie.sk

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pub.stat.ee

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