Southern Russian Dialects - Territory

Territory

• The territory of the primary formation (i.e. that consists of "Old" Russia of the 16th century before Eastern conquests by Ivan IV) is entirely 11 modern regions (oblasts): Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk Tambov, Tula, Voronezh; and some southern parts of 3 regions: Moscow, Pskov and Tver

• The territory of the second formation (i.e. where Russians settled after the 16th century) consist of most the land of lower Don and Volga, the Northern Caucasus as well as Southern Ural, Siberia, and Far East.