hey everyone... thanks for the replies.. really appreciate it..

THJ.. thanks for the insult... i dont mean to sound so defensive but just so u know.. english is not my first language.. not even my second.. in fact i rarely speak, write n read english. thanks for the 'concern' though.


n for the 'hellow'... yes i know its hello.. and not hellow... oh i didnt know that we have grammar or vacabulary police in here ..

hmm yes ive heard that in ukraine there are some parts that speak ukrainian language and some parts that speak russian.
im going to ukraine next week... and would like to interact and assimilate with the local culture, custom and way of life.

USSR was such a huge empire.. and i assumed that all of its citizens speak or understand russian.
of course im very interested to learn the russian language as it would be useful for me in many places be it in the russia main land or the countries that was formerly belong to the USSR empire..