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This overview article provides short portraits of the known and documented Russian Pidgin Languages. The basic outlines of their social history is sketched, and the most prominent grammatical features are presented. The introduction puts the three pidgin languages with which the article deals (Taimyr Pidgin Russian, Russenorsk, and Chinese Pidgin Russian) into a broader perspective and briefly discusses the general sociohistoric preconditions for the emergence of Russian-based pidgin lang…