▁Soviet ▁people — it ▁is ▁an ▁objective ▁growth ▁in ▁the ▁Russian ▁language ' s ▁role ▁as ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁international ▁communic ations ▁when ▁one ▁builds ▁Commun ism , ▁in ▁the ▁education ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁man ! ▁T ogether ▁with ▁one ' s ▁own ▁mother ▁tongue ▁one ▁will ▁speak ▁fl uent ▁Russian , ▁which ▁the ▁Soviet ▁people ▁have ▁volunt arily ▁accepted ▁as ▁a ▁common ▁historical ▁her itage ▁and ▁cont ributes ▁to ▁a ▁further ▁stabil ization ▁of ▁the ▁political , ▁economic ▁and ▁spiritual ▁unity ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁people ." ▁ ▁Distribution ▁and ▁status ▁ ▁East ▁S lav ic ▁languages ▁( Russ ian , ▁Bel arus ian ▁and ▁Ukrain ian ) ▁domin ated ▁in ▁the ▁European ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁the ▁Balt ic ▁languages ▁Lith uan ian ▁and ▁Lat v ian , ▁and ▁the ▁Finn ic ▁language ▁Est onian ▁were ▁used ▁next ▁to ▁Russian ▁in ▁the ▁Balt ic ▁region , ▁while ▁Mold ovan ▁( the ▁only ▁Rom ance ▁language ▁in ▁the ▁union ) ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁south west ▁region . ▁In ▁the ▁C au cas us ▁alongside ▁Russian ▁there ▁were ▁Armen ian , ▁A zer i ▁and ▁Georg ian . ▁In ▁the ▁Russian ▁far ▁north , ▁there ▁were ▁several ▁minor ity ▁groups ▁who ▁spoke ▁different ▁U ral ic ▁languages ; ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁languages ▁in ▁Central ▁Asia ▁were ▁Turk ic ▁with ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁T aj ik , ▁which ▁is ▁an ▁Iran ian ▁language . ▁ ▁The ▁USS R ▁was ▁a ▁mult iling ual ▁state , ▁with ▁over ▁ 1 2 3 ▁languages