What languages were spoken in the Soviet Union?

Official Languages:

- Russian (lingua franca)

Major Regional Languages:

- Ukrainian

- Kazakh

- Georgian

- Armenian

- Uzbek

- Azerbaijani

- Tajik

- Kyrgyz

- Turkmen

Other Significant Languages:

- Belarusian

- Yiddish

- Moldavian

- Latvian

- Lithuanian

- Estonian

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