» See also Russophone (novel) A Russophone (or russophone;, also Russian-speaking) is literally a speaker of the Russian language either natively or by preference. At the same time the term is used in a more specialized meaning to describe the category of people whose cultural background is associated with Russian language regardless of ethnic and territorial distinctions. The largest and most populous Russophone country is Russia, where the language originates from. There are sizable Russopho… (More on Russophone)