Soviet and Post-Soviet Language Policies: the Status of Russian and Its Role in Central Asian Republics

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2011-09-10

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Pamir Dietrich, Ayşe

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This paper examines the development of language policy and the role of Russian in the five Central Asian states of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan from the time of the Russian Revolution to the present day. It begins by investigating the development of Soviet language policy during the Bolshevik period, looking at the roles of both local languages and Russian. It then follows the changes in language policy and the role of Russian in Soviet society until the end of the Soviet Union. Next the establishment of national language policies in the newly independent states in Central Asia is examined. Specifically, it looks at language policy for the government, media and education as provided for in current or proposed legislation and government policies. In addition, the official or unofficial role of Russian in these states is discussed. Lastly, the survival and possible future role of Russian in the Central Asian republics is discussed. These projections are based on the most recent demographic data on the number of ethnic Russians and Russian speakers in each country, as well as the measures that the Russian government has taken to promote the Russian language in the region.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/93697

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. ICANAS (International Congress of Asian and North African Studies)

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A. Pamir Dietrich, “Soviet and Post-Soviet Language Policies: the Status of Russian and Its Role in Central Asian Republics,” Ankara, Türkiye, 2011, vol. 1, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/93697.