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Seems like an issue with languages/locales, or missing translation to Russian.
Try to set locale to UTF-8, see if that helps, if not, then short of installing it again in English i am out of ideas.
I did test on my Laptops, Axis works, even the parallel port config works despite not having a parallel port.

You can test everything, even run machines, without installing LinuxCNC, just boot from USB in Live mode and run the sim configurations included, or use another USB or the internal HDD if you want to actually run the machine, again without installing anything.

I am still working with version 2.8.4. I wanted to test what version 2.9.4 can do better and installed it in parallel.

The good news is im open to hardware options!

PC and Parallel - I have an older PC with the Parallel port that i could use... (I read that a USB to 25pin is no good for latency, so not going that route, this has the port!) 

Mesa - I know of it. seems good if the setup is more straightforward. Looks like they run about $100 to $300. Do you happen to know a PN or feature so i can look that up?

Cheap stuff maybe just to test on? there is also some USB styles... but i dont think they place nice with Linuxcnc?
www.amazon.com/Controller-100Khz-Breakou...08BJTB1GQ/ref=sr_1_6

What kind of io hardware are you using? Parallel port, Mesa cards, or something else? For example many Mesa io boards offer settings to use some of the regular inputs as hand wheel encoder inputs.

Yes --> "hand wheel inputs with encoders to "manually" move your stepmotors" via linuxcnc. and if it misses a step or two from my hand_encoder to the linuxcnc/DRO, no big deal as me (the human) will stop turning when the DRO shows the number im after. I get there may be backlash depending on the ball leads I use. question for another post. Unless its a deal breaker now.

for this one --> "adding encoder feedback to your axis to feed back the position" my plan is to use steppers with motor_encoders for feedback to the stepper driver. So closed loop driver-to-stepper but open loop to Linuxcnc to driver. I may be off here.

so silly question, but if i were to turn the X and Y at the same time, it will do a 45deg ish travel? they are both non blocking?

Are you asking for hand wheel inputs with encoders to "manually" move your stepmotors or are you asking about adding encoder feedback to your axis to feed back the position, if your powered off axis are moved by hand?

Both are possible, and technically would require approximately the same hardware. But the handwheel option would require less strict timing requirements because missing an encoder step there is less critical.

Don't use an XYZA configuration to setup a secondary Y axis gantry machine in Stepconfig unless your machine actually has a rotary A-axis. (aka 5 joints XYYZA.)

If starting fresh using the Stepconfig wizard in 2.9, don't use the "A axis" settings to configure your secondary Y axis joint. Start by configuring your machine as a XYZ machine, then choose "Tandem Y Step" and "Tandem Y Direction" for the step/dir output pins for the secondary axis on your parallel port. Similarly you must configure a separate home switch for both Y motors using two input pins connected to "Home Y" and "Home Tandem Y" (or one of the available combined home limit options available with those pin input options.)

If you already had a functioning configuration with version 2.8, you should be able to import the configuration files from that and have them work with 2.9 without needing to make any significant changes. (Maybe I think.)