text_combined: 6 1078 1053 english bilingualism writing ask alexis manaster ramer simple question concerning universality certain phenomena come hundred languages spoken presentday russia despite attempts russify everyone linguist seems active yet unfortunately tends generalize information aware judging contribution discussion pronouns remarks concerning russian linguistic policies would like tell common example concerning various ethnicities russia 1553 czar ivan dreadful incorporated mari mordvin finnic chuvash tatars turkic nationalities state nowadays peoples live heart russia middle volga apparently enjoy culture languages also contributed culture language dominant nation infamous cossacks farmers living borders state ready resort arms protect sort michigan militia preserved language acquiring lot culture say mountaineers caucausus yet assimilate peoples still speak languages draw parallels nostratic universal processes language policies russia might hardly considered appropriate example would rather opposite desired valeri vassiliev st john