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Modified link of Web site: BYU Department of Linguistics - A Brief History of the Russian Language. Apr 23, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 13, 2025
Add new Web site: BYU Department of Linguistics - A Brief History of the Russian Language. May 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Omniglot - Russian. Oct 06, 2022
Removed table. Jul 13, 2021
Corrected display issue. Jun 04, 2021
Corrected display issue. Apr 24, 2017
Add new Web site: Duke University - Duke University Slavic Centers - Reference Grammars. Aug 07, 2014
Add new Web site: Duke University - Duke University Slavic Centers - Reference Grammars. Aug 07, 2014
Media added. Jan 07, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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