RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

Russian is an East Slavic language mainly spoken acrossRussia. It is the native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is one of four living East Slavic languages, and is also a part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages. Besides Russia itself,Russian is an official language in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and is used widely as a lingua franca throughout Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to some extent in the Baltic states. 26||27 It was the de facto language of the former Soviet Union, 28 and continues to be used in public life with varying proficiency in all of the post-Soviet states.

After the Russian Revolution, this language became much simpler than it was before. The most obvious reason to learn Russian is its massive popularity. It’s the eighth most widely spoken language in the world and the official language of Russia- the largest country, with a population of 146 million people. Russian is an incredibly beautiful and lyrical language. It’s no coincidence that some of the world’s greatest poets hailed from here.

The Test of Russian as a Foreign Language (TORFL/ ТРКИ) is a world-wide acknowledged standardizedRussian proficiency test supervised by the Russian
Ministry of Education and Science.

VEEKSHA education carefully prepares you to be proficient in the language and surpass the 6 TRKI levels available, which correspond tothe Common European Framework of References for Languages (CEFR) which greatly improves your chances of success in the job market dealing with these economies.