Timeline for Where outside the former Soviet Union is the Russian language widely used?
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| Jul 7, 2012 at 21:57 | comment | added | KCd | Those links say that in New York State a city needs to provide election materials in Russian when it has a population of at least a million people. The only such city is New York City, so Russian is really not an official language for the state of New York. By the way, a link to the driver's license languages in New York state is nysdmv.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9. | |
| Jul 5, 2012 at 10:19 | comment | added | Philip Seyfi |
KCd: Please follow the link the in my answer. New York is also listed under Государства, где русский язык имеет официальный статус at ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
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| Jul 5, 2012 at 2:46 | comment | added | KCd | What do you mean by Russian being established as an "official language" for NYC? I don't think any language but English is considered official there for all purposes; if there were an exception it would only be Spanish. At most I think you can expect to find here and there different situations where Russian may be used in public places, but not an overall law. For example, in some parts of NYC (not just around Brighton Beach) the subway ticket machines provide an option to get instructions in Russian, but that's not offered at all machines throughout the system. | |
| Jun 20, 2012 at 12:09 | history | edited | Philip Seyfi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 20, 2012 at 12:01 | comment | added | rem | Very interesting, +1. Do you mean New York City? It would be interesting to know the full list of its official languages as well, just for context. | |
| Jun 19, 2012 at 14:21 | history | answered | Philip Seyfi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |