Russian ( Russian : Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ð Ð Ð Ñ Ð Ñ Ð , transliteration : russkiy yaz ` ik ) is an East Slavic language . This language is a part of the Indo-European language family . As a historical aside , Dahl was , in the second half of the 19th century , still insisting that the proper spelling of the adjective Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ð Ð Ð , which was at that time applied uniformly to all the Orthodox Eastern Slavic subjects of the Empire , as well as to its one official language , should be with one , in accordance with ancient tradition and what he termed the `` spirit of the language '' .