Dialects (and accents) of Russian

[panzeleche.livejournal.com]

Hello, once again, and thanks for the question regarding that previous piece of vocabulary. This community is awesome.

I have a question now about Russian as it is spoken around the world. Are there accents and/or dialects specific to Russian spoken in the Eastern Europe post-Soviet states (Ukraine, Belarus, etc.)?
What about Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, etc.)? I can't seem to find much about that, but seeing that apparently 95% of Kazakhstan speaks Russian, I'd be interested in knowing if there are any differences.
I'm also interested in knowing about Russian in the east, such as in Sibera (I've heard that there are some native Siberian languages unrelated to Russian; does this perhaps influence how these people speak Russian?)
I've been informed that Russian throughtout Russia sounds more or less the same except for Okanye, Yakanye, and some other '-kanye's.
Basically, I'm interested in how Russian varies from country to country, or even from region to region. There is suprisingly little on this (or perhaps my Search-fu is weak).

A gazillion thanks to everyone who responds! :D

Comments

[surkova.livejournal.com]

throughout the country, apart from, perhaps, Caucasian Republics (the souther a region the stronger accents could be — it works for any country), Russian sounds more or less the same. I bet you woundn't notice even okanye and akanye (not yakanye) ;)

[staring-frog.livejournal.com]

yakanye is different from akanye. Yakanye is when the words like "lyetyet'" are pronounced as "lyatet'"

[surkova.livejournal.com]

Being a native Russian speaker, I haven't heard yakanye in my life! :) Where is it a common practice of speaking?

[staring-frog.livejournal.com]

See the map down in the thread :)

[milka-why.livejournal.com]

When I moved to Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod) in the eighties, I was extremely surprised to hear many educated people pronounce "объЯвление", "заЯвление", "запЯтая", "девЯносто" without any reduction. But when we were sent to the countryside to gather potatoes ("на картошку"), I undestood what real yakanye was. People there used to say "вядро", "бяжать" etc.

[surkova.livejournal.com]

wow! =) I was born in Chelyabinsk region, so I often say 'чё?' instead of 'что?' :) anyway, I think it's extremely clear even for non-natives. ;)

[milka-why.livejournal.com]

I also sometimes find myself saying "чё?" and feel ashamed:) I don't think it's dialectal in my speach, though I may be mistaken.

[surkova.livejournal.com]

Perhaps in your speech it's not dialectal ;) in mine it definitely is ;) By the way, after 6 years in Moscow region I often find myself pronouncing words with Moscow akanye =)

[dr-shinigami.livejournal.com]

I can also add the Ukranian version "шо?" to this.))

[staring-frog.livejournal.com]

Btw, a good example of "yakan'ye" from Great Russian Writer Gorchev
http://dimkin.livejournal.com/427904.html?mode=reply

He lives in a small village near Pskov, so there are plenty examles in his journal.