▁combined ▁with ▁lack ▁of ▁contact , ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁separate ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁literary ▁languages . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁Soviet ▁republic s , ▁now ▁independent ▁states , ▁continue ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁C yr ill ic ▁alphabet ▁at ▁present ▁( such ▁as ▁K yr gy z stan ), ▁while ▁others ▁have ▁opt ed ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁Latin ▁alphabet ▁instead ▁( such ▁as ▁Turk men istan ▁and ▁Mold ova ▁– ▁although ▁the ▁un recogn ized ▁Trans n ist ria ▁officially ▁uses ▁the ▁C yr ill ic ▁alphabet ). ▁ ▁The ▁Aut onom ous ▁republic s ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁and ▁other ▁sub div ision ▁of ▁the ▁USS R ▁lack ed ▁even ▁this ▁de ▁j ure ▁aut onomy , ▁and ▁their ▁languages ▁had ▁virt ually ▁no ▁presence ▁at ▁the ▁national ▁level ▁( and ▁often , ▁not ▁even ▁in ▁the ▁urban ▁areas ▁of ▁the ▁republic ▁itself ). ▁They ▁were , ▁however , ▁present ▁in ▁education ▁( although ▁often ▁only ▁at ▁lower ▁gr ades ). ▁ ▁Some ▁smaller ▁languages ▁with ▁very ▁dw ind ling ▁small ▁communities , ▁like ▁Liv onian , ▁were ▁neglect ed , ▁and ▁wer en ' t ▁present ▁either ▁in ▁education ▁or ▁in ▁publishing . ▁ ▁Several ▁languages ▁of ▁non - tit ular ▁nations , ▁like ▁German , ▁Korean ▁or ▁Polish , ▁although ▁having ▁s izable ▁communities ▁in ▁the ▁USS R , ▁and ▁in ▁some ▁cases ▁being ▁present ▁in ▁education ▁and ▁in ▁publishing , ▁were ▁not ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁Soviet ▁languages . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁Finn ish , ▁although ▁not ▁generally ▁considered