Russification is a form of linguistic imperialism (Phillipson, 1992), referring to both official and covert ethnic and language policies which were implemented by the Russian authorities during the tsarists empire and the Soviet Union, and continue to be implemented by the contemporary Russian Federation.
The term satellite countries was first used to describe certain nations in the Cold War. These were nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union.
The Russian alphabet is also known as the Cyrillic alphabet. There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet. 11 vowels, 20 consonants, and 2 pronunciation signs.
