| has gloss | eng: Ukrainian Russian is a variety of Russian language spoken by the Ukrainians. It is widespread in Ukraine, but also in other territories populated by Ukrainians or in other words having Ukrainian substratum, such as Sloboda Ukraine, Russian Far East, Kuban, Extreme North, Western Siberia, etc. Some features of it are the part of written standard in Ukrainian education and science. It's not to be confused with Surzhyk, which is just the Ukrainian language plenty spoiled by Russian loanwords. |