Russian is a constitutionally determined state language of Russia

Dictionaries give roughly the following definition: language is a system of signs that serves as a means of communicating people, the result of thinking and expression. With the help of it we realize the knowledge of the world, form the personality. Language conveys information, manages human behavior, and in the state serves to ensure that people - officials and ordinary citizens - understand each other as much as possible.

The official language of Russia

Now about the language of the state. This concept is more in-depth, since each country, each state has its own national characteristics. But the fundamental principles are the same. So, let's look directly at the state language of Russia, what it is. According to the Constitution of the country it is a language used in legislation, record keeping, legal proceedings and other areas of social and public life. This is the language in which the authorities communicate with their citizens. It publishes laws, publishes official documents and maintains official state correspondence. The state language of Russia is used by the media (mainly, but not at the expense of national), it is the language of instruction in schools, universities and other educational institutions. The Constitution of the country (Article 68) establishes that the state language of the Russian Federation on all its vast territory is Russian.

National languages

But this does not mean that others, for example, Ukrainian, Tatar, Kalmyk, are worse. This does not mean that all citizens of Russia should speak only Russian. But nevertheless in any part of Russia all representatives of the authorities - judges, police, mayors, governors - should know the Russian language. So, to the question of how many state languages in Russia, there is only one answer: Russian!

Other features

Along with this, the republics, autonomies (districts and regions) that are part of the Russian Federation, also have the right to introduce for the general use on their territory those languages through which the local population communicates. So, according to the latest data, together with the Russian, the official status in the Russian Federation is 49 languages! In other countries (Kazakhstan, Belarus, Abkhazia, the Transnistrian republic), Russian is also used as an official language.

A simple example

The official language of Russia is Russian. And if, for example, a Yakut reindeer herder arrives at a resort in Ossetia, then he does not have problems with getting into a hotel or, if necessary, with buying medicines in a pharmacy. A young pretty Ossetian apothecary smiles knowingly and carries out the order. And the hero-reindeer herder has nothing to worry about. He knows that on the packaging of tablets or powder instructions for use written, including in Russian, he understood the language. Once in his enormous power the state language is Russian, then there are no problems with reading such texts.

To whom does the language belong?

Thus, we can conclude: the state, declaring that the state language of Russia is Russian, defining it in its official language, is obliged to always understand who is addressing it. The president, as the head of the Russian Federation, keeps the state strictly fulfilling this obligation. The question naturally arises: "Who owns this very Russian language - the Yakuts, Karelians, Eastern Slavs?" In our time, when Russia united many nations into one state with their historical language, the language of their ancestors, it was this one that became the property of all the peoples that now live under its flag. It would be grandiloquent to say that Russia, as a state, is proud of every one of the languages available in its multinational list, but that it is of no doubt a matter of great importance to preserve them. This is natural and it is natural that all peoples living in Russia have the opportunity to communicate in one (Russian) language and at the same time freely, without the limitations of the existing authorities, to talk in everyday life in the language of their ancestors.

Based on the results of the last census of Russia, it became clear that today in the Russian Federation there are representatives of 160 nationalities. Of course, each of them has its own, special and not like the other language. It is difficult to imagine how representatives of different nationalities would understand each other, do not come to their aid Russian.

A conscious necessity

It goes without saying that any citizen who wants to become a civil servant or public figure can not do without the knowledge of the Russian language. And the state, in turn, gives its citizens such an opportunity. If the citizen is not going to enter the service of the state, this does not mean that the Russian language is not useful to him in everyday life. After all, this is not only an opportunity to convey your voice, your opinion from every corner of the vast country. It is also rich cultural traditions: songs, poems, books. And it would be reckless not to hear or know all of this.