should i consider doing a language as part of a joint honours degree?

i'm interested in studying either history or philosophy at uni. recently, i've started learning Russian at home, and i might pick up a second language as well. i know that there are a few different places such as Bristol, Manchester, Exeter, that offer history/philosophy with a modern language, and specifically they offer the beginners' version (which would be necessary for me as i don't have any kind of language A level or GCSE). it was a few months ago that i first had the idea of doing something like history with Russian, but now that i've started studying it at home, i wonder if there'd even be any point in taking it at uni? going for just history or philosophy could also give me more choices for university as obviously not all of them offer joint honours with a language, and some of the ones that do would require a language A level.