russification

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noun

The process of making anything Russian.

“the Russification of Western rock music”

Opposite
derussificationderussianizationkorenizatsiia
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Meanings

russification1

nounrussification (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Russification.

Russification2

nounRussification (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of making anything Russian.

    the Russification of Western rock music

    1 more example

    As a schoolboy in the Soviet Ukraine's second largest city of Kharkiv, (it was then spelled Kharkov in line with the all-permeating 'Russification'), I was a railway buff.

    2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 46
    1. uncountableA policy that enforces traditional Russian values either domestically or internationally.
    2. uncountableLocalization of a software or hardware interface (e.g. text on buttons of a washing machine) into the Russian language, whether using Cyrillic or transliteration. See Computer Russification.
    3. rareuncountablecomputingEnabling a computer system to work with the Russian Cyrillic alphabet.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
derussificationderussianizationkorenizatsiia
Also see
russianization

Origin

From Russify + -ication, q.v. Equivalent to Russia or Russian + -ification.

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Translations

Arabic تَرْوِيس
  • تَرْوِيس (tarwīs)process of making anything Russian
Bulgarian русифика́ция
  • русифика́ция (rusifikácija)process of making anything Russian
Catalan russificació
  • russificacióprocess of making anything Russian
Chinese Mandarin 俄羅斯化 /俄罗斯化, 俄國化 /俄国化
  • 俄羅斯化 /俄罗斯化 (éluósīhuà)process of making anything Russian
  • 俄國化 /俄国化 (éguóhuà)process of making anything Russian
  • 俄化 (éhuà)process of making anything Russian
Czech rusifikace
  • rusifikaceprocess of making anything Russian
Dutch russificatie
  • russificatieprocess of making anything Russian
Esperanto rusigo
  • rusigoprocess of making anything Russian
Estonian venestamine
  • venestamineprocess of making anything Russian
Finnish venäläistäminen, venäläistyminen
  • venäläistäminenprocess of making anything Russian
  • venäläistyminenprocess of making anything Russian
French russification
  • russificationprocess of making anything Russian
German Russifizierung
  • Russifizierungprocess of making anything Russian
Greek εκρωσισμός
  • εκρωσισμός (ekrosismós)process of making anything Russian
Hebrew רוּסִיפִיקַצְיָה
  • רוּסִיפִיקַצְיָהprocess of making anything Russian
Hungarian oroszosítás
  • oroszosításprocess of making anything Russian
Italian russificazione
  • russificazioneprocess of making anything Russian
Japanese ロシア化
  • ロシア化 (roshiaka)process of making anything Russian
Korean 러시아화
  • 러시아화 (reosiahwa)process of making anything Russian
Latvian pārkrievošana, rusifikācija
  • pārkrievošanaprocess of making anything Russian
  • rusifikācijaprocess of making anything Russian
  • krieviskošanaprocess of making anything Russian
  • krievināšanaprocess of making anything Russian
Lithuanian rusifikacija, rusinimas
  • rusifikacijaprocess of making anything Russian
  • rusinimasprocess of making anything Russian
Persian روسیسازی
  • روسیسازی (rusi-sâzi)process of making anything Russian
Polish rusyfikacja
  • rusyfikacjaprocess of making anything Russian
Portuguese russificação
  • russificaçãoprocess of making anything Russian
Romanian rusificare
  • rusificareprocess of making anything Russian
Russian русифика́ция, обрусе́ние
  • русифика́ция (rusifikácija)process of making anything Russian
  • обрусе́ние (obrusénije)process of making anything Russian
Slovak rusifikácia
  • rusifikáciaprocess of making anything Russian
Spanish rusificación
  • rusificaciónprocess of making anything Russian
Swedish russifiering
  • russifieringprocess of making anything Russian
Turkish Ruslaştırma
  • Ruslaştırmaprocess of making anything Russian
Ukrainian русифіка́ція, русифікува́ння
  • русифіка́ція (rusyfikácija)process of making anything Russian
  • русифікува́ння (rusyfikuvánnja)process of making anything Russian
  • зросі́йщення (zrosíjščennja)process of making anything Russian
Vietnamese Nga hoá
  • Nga hoáprocess of making anything Russian
Cite this entry
APA

russification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/russification

MLA

“russification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/russification. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “russification,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/russification.

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