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Russians in Lithuania (Russian: Русские в Литве, romanized: Russkiye v Litve, Lithuanian: Lietuvos rusai) number about 144,000 people, according to the Lithuanian estimates of 2024, or 5.0% of the total population of Lithuania.
Russians in the Baltic states is a broadly defined subgroup of the Russian diaspora who self-identify as ethnic Russians, or are citizens of Russia, and live in one of the three independent countries — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — primarily the consequences of the USSR's forced population transfers during occupation.
Soviet authorities introduced Lithuanian–Russian bilingualism, [74] and Russian, as the de facto official language of the USSR, took precedence and the use of Lithuanian was reduced in a process of Russification. [82] [74] Many Russian-speaking workers and teachers migrated to the Lithuanian SSR (fueled by the industrialization in the Soviet ...
Despite large Russian-speaking minorities in Latvia (26.9% ethnic Russians, 2011), [64] the Russian language has no official status. [32] According to Russian sources, 55% of the population was fluent in Russian in 2006, and 26% used it as the main language with family or friends or at work. [34] [better source needed]
Together with the other EU member states, Lithuania banned Russian language media channels and imposed sanctions on Russia, and Russia, in turn, added all EU countries to the list of "unfriendly nations". [56] Soon after Lithuania expelled four Russian diplomats. [57]
This page lists some names of places in Lithuania, as they are called in Lithuanian, and as they are called or were formerly called in other languages spoken by ethnic groups. Which are or have been represented within Lithuanian territory.
Countries where an East Baltic language is the national language The Baltic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively or as a second language by a population of about 6.5–7.0 million people [ 2 ] [ 3 ] mainly in areas extending east and southeast of the Baltic Sea in Europe .
Article 11. Language of Documents Certifying Citizen’s Status in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Pursuant to Ukrainian legislation, any and all official documents in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea certifying the citizen’s status, such as the identity card, work record card, educational level evidences, birth certificate, marriage certificate and others, shall be executed in Ukrainian ...