If you do not understand, then at least read: in which countries of the world they write in Cyrillic

The Cyrillic alphabet, or Old Slavonic alphabet, appeared in the 9th century thanks to the Christian preachers Cyril and Methodius (in its modern form from the end of the 16th century). And until now, this alphabet is used not only in Russia and Eastern Europe, but also in some Asian countries. Today we will talk about those countries where even travelers who do not know foreign languages ​​from Russia will be able to easily read signs on the streets, since the writing of the state language is based on the Cyrillic alphabet.

Europe

The countries of Eastern Europe have historically been the place of resettlement of Slavic peoples, therefore the writing in many of them is based on the Old Slavic alphabet. Although there are countries with a predominantly Slavic population, which for one reason or another have switched to the Latin alphabet.

Among the countries in which the written language is based on the Cyrillic alphabet, one can name Belarus and Ukraine. Belarusian and Ukrainian languages ​​are the closest to Russian, they have a lot of words that are common in origin, and if desired, native speakers of these languages ​​can understand each other without translators.

In addition, using the Cyrillic alphabet, the inhabitants of Bulgaria, Serbia and Macedonia write and read. In Romania, until the middle of the 19th century, they used the Old Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, and subsequently switched to the Latin alphabet. In Moldova, the Latin alphabet was switched relatively recently - at the end of the 20th century.

Asia

The history of the emergence of Cyrillic-based writing in some Asian regions is associated with their entry into the Russian Empire, and then in the USSR. Today, Cyrillic-based alphabets are used in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, where state languages ​​have had alphabets based on the Cyrillic alphabet since the 1940s. But the Kazakh language is currently being translated into Latin, despite the fact that there are still disputes among the Kazakh intelligentsia about the appropriateness of this process.

In addition to the former Soviet republics, the Cyrillic alphabet in the vastness of Asia is used in Mongolia. This is due to the close relations of the USSR and Mongolia for most of the XX century.

Of course, in all these languages ​​there are additional letters that differ from the letters of the Russian alphabet, and some that are in the Russian alphabet are missing. But at the same time, most of the borrowed foreign words or terms related to the scientific and technological progress of the last century are written almost in the same way as in Russian.

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