distinct from the Russian Americans) Russian diaspora dialects (spoken by ethnic Russians outside Russia, they have several dialectal group afilliations, a geographical grouping of dialects) Eastern Europe Belarusian Russian (spoken by a significant number of Belarusians throughout Belarus) (Belarusian influence and substrate) Ukrainian Russian (spoken by a significant number of Ukrainians, mainly in Eastern and Southern Ukraine) (Ukrainian influence and substrate) Odessan Russian (in Odessa or Odesa, southwestern Ukraine) Transdnistrian Russian (spoken in Transdnistria, a self-proclaimed state, to the east of Dniester river, far eastern Moldova and between Ukraine and Moldova by Ethnic Russians and others) East Baltic Region Estonian Russian (spoken by Russians in Estonia) Latvian Russian (spoken by Russians in Latvia) Lithuanian Russian (spoken by Russians in Lithuania) Central Asia Kazakhstan Russian (spoken by ethnic Russians mainly in the northern regions of Kazakhstan by Russians in Kazakhstan) Northern America Doukhobor (Диалект духоборов Канады – Dialekt Duchoborov Kanady) (traditionally it was spoken by the Doukhobors, later, at the end of the 19th century, they migrated to the provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, western Canada) (heterogeneous dialectal origin, has features both with Southern Russian dialects as well as with Central or Middle Russian ones) Russian spoken as first or second language by Non-Ethnic Russians (higher influence from native languages and substrates) Caucasus Abkhaz Russian (Russian spoken by the Abkhazians) Chechen Russian (Russian spoken by the Chechens) Dagestani Russian (Russian spoken by the many ethnic groups of Dagestan) Armenian Russian (Russian spoken by Armenians) Central Asia Kazakhstani Russian (Russian spoken by the Kazakhs) (not the same as Russian of the Ethnic Russians in Kazakhstan) Kyrgyzstani Russian (Russian spoken by the Kyrgyz) Israel Israeli Russian (Russian spoken by Russian Empire Jews and Ethnic Jews that came from former Soviet Union Republics to Israel before but mainly after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union) Transitional Russian-Ukrainian Goryun / Horyun Mixed Russian-Ukrainian dialectal area Mixed Orlovskiy Russian and Steppe Ukrainian dialectal area (roughly in Krasnodar Krai, including the Kuban river valley) West Slavic languages / Northwest Slavic (dialect continuum) Lechitic Old Polish (extinct) Middle Polish (extinct) Polish (Polski / Język Polski / Polszczyzna) Lesser Polish (Dialekt Małopolski) (derived from the language of the Vistulans) Holy Cross Mountains dialects (gwary świętokrzyskie), often associated with the ancient tribe of the Lendians (Lędzianie) Lasowian dialect (gwara Lasowska) Łowicz dialect (gwara łowicka) Southern Borderlands dialect (Southern Kresy) / Podolian-Volhynian Polish (has affinities with Lesser Polish) (spoken