Distribution and status Languages of the Soviet Union
a 1947 (1957 issue) one-rouble bill, denomination marked in 15 languages: Один рубль (russian), Один карбованець (ukrainian), Адзін рубель (belarusian), Бир сўм/bir so‘m (uzbek), Бiр сом (kazakh), ერთი მანეთი /erti maneti/ (georgian), Бир Манат/bir manat (azeri), vienas rublis (lithuanian), О рублэ/o rublă (moldovan), viens rublis (latvian), Бир Сом (kyrgyz), Як сўм (tajik), Մեկ ռուբլի/mek rrubli/ (armenian), Бир Манат/bir manat (turkmen), Üks rubla (estonian) east slavic languages (russian, belarusian , ukrainian) dominated in european part of soviet union, baltic languages lithuanian , latvian, , finnic language estonian used next russian in baltic region, while moldovan (the romance language in union) used in southeast region. in caucasus alongside russian there armenian, azeri , georgian. in russian far north, there several minority groups spoke different uralic languages; of languages in central asia turkic exception of tajik, iranian language. the ussr multilingual state, on 120 ...