Europe Language: Russian Mitchell Brownie
AIU

Abstract
The Russian language is one of the many languages that have taken root in the European continent. The foundation of the USSR, where Russian was used as a means of international communication made it possible to be understood on the whole territory of former socialist countries with a population over 250 million people. The Russian language helps in scientific, economical, and cultural communication, creating new interest and importance in its study. Russian is taught in more than 100 countries of the world. The government of Russia takes great care in popularizing the Russian language. Latin is included from the many varieties of languages and well known to the continent as the most popular language in the EU which is discussed later on in this essay. The history of a language is nothing less than the history of a culture. Although we cannot use Latin today as extensively as in past centuries, it still helps us understand better meaning of legal concepts and use the terminology adequately.

Europe Language: Russian The Russian language is one of the many languages that exist in the European economy that has influenced many of the EU citizens to speak such language that has originated since the 14th century ancestors of the modern Russians. The ancestors liked to call themselves ruskiye spoken dialects of the old East Slavic language, related to the dialects of other East Slavs. During the 14th century this spoken tongue and literary language operated throughout Kievan Rus. The earliest written record of the language, an amphora found at Gnezdovo dating from the mid-10th century. This “old” language has connected each language to one another as it evolves in each period of existence with the rest of the nation. With Russian state establishment of the official language there came the need to develop average dialect equally understandable to all tribes. The actual writing system emerged in Russian only after the adoption of Christianity. Cyrillic alphabet was invented in the 9th century by brothers Cyril and Methodius. With the help of that alphabet Greek liturgical books were translated into Slavonic. Since then, Cyrillic has spread across the Slavic world; and after the baptism of Rus it came into use by the Eastern Slavic population. It was only in the 18th century the language was modified and simplified. In the 1917-1918 it acquired modern Russian graphics. The latest of the language dates back to the early 1970s. In present time (21st century) Russian is the most widely spoken foreign language in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and also commonly known in other central and Eastern European countries. This has lifted Russian to the forth place ex aequo in the list of most widely spoken foreign languages in the EU.
The foundation and subsequent influence of the Russian State on world history assisted in spreading Russian all over the world, especially in the European countries. The foundation of the USSR, where Russian was used as a means of international communication made it possible to be understood on the whole territory of former socialist countries with a population over 250 million people. The long period of the ‘cold war’ attracted the world’s attention to this country and arose interest in the ‘mysterious Russian Soul’. The unique possibility to communicate with the ‘threatening Russian bear’ was – and still is – the Russian language. The 21st century, with modern economic and political reforms lead Russia and the former socialist countries to a new level of development. The Russian language helps in scientific, economical, and cultural communication, creating new interest and importance in its study. Russian is taught in more than 100 countries of the world. The government of Russia takes great care in popularizing the Russian language all over the world that they began a campaign under the slogan “we recommend Russian” has been developed in many countries.
Yet another language of the many that has taken root in Europe of significance is known as Latin. The spoken language has taken its hold of the country developing a common legal language when it does not even have a common general language. The development of Latin has positioned itself significantly in the roots of the government. In past centuries, Latin played the role of a common legal language, which was applied across the boundaries of local law. In a way, Latin can be called the common mother tongue of Western European culture, which has influenced the development of all major European languages. It has influenced in ways the language’s strong historical connection with the development of European law (a major portion of the legal literature until the most cent centuries was written in Latin. Latin being an intensely economical language (translation into modern languages easily expands the original text to double its length), and it’s complete and well- formed body of terminology (Latin terms and phrases create a basis for a legal discourse spanning the different legal cultures and various language boundaries of Europe). The history of a language is nothing less than the history of a culture. Although we cannot use Latin today as extensively as in past centuries, it still helps us understand better meaning of legal concepts and use the terminology adequately.