KTO I KUDA? Russia, language, and national identity
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Authors
Torgersen, Dale G.
Subjects
Russian Language
Language Policy
Russification
Russia
Russian Federation
Soviet Union
Former Soviet Union
Identity
Nationalist
Nationalism
russkie
rossiianne
Baltic States
Ukraine
Georgia
Moldova
Pushkin
Lermontov
Tolstoy
Romanov Dynasty
Bolsheviks
Communist Party
Lenin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Gorbachev
Yeltsin
Putin
Language Policy
Russification
Russia
Russian Federation
Soviet Union
Former Soviet Union
Identity
Nationalist
Nationalism
russkie
rossiianne
Baltic States
Ukraine
Georgia
Moldova
Pushkin
Lermontov
Tolstoy
Romanov Dynasty
Bolsheviks
Communist Party
Lenin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Gorbachev
Yeltsin
Putin
Advisors
Tsypkin, Mikhail
Keyser, Boris
Date of Issue
2009-12
Date
December 2009
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
Language is often linked with identity. In fact, language is sometimes such a powerful force that it can transcend or replace the resilient forces of ethnic or cultural identity. However, just as language has such an impressive ability to transcend ethnic and cultural barriers to unite disparate peoples, it has the equal ability to stir powerful nationalistic, ethnic and cultural passions in groups of people who feel their language is under attack. This is precisely because language is more than just a tool for communication
it is a basic element of group identity. It is within this framework that this thesis examines the language policies of the former Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation. The thesis concludes that the language policy coming out of the Kremlin today is simply a continuation of the Soviet policy of using language as tool to homogenize those who are near the seat of power and exert pressure and influence in places that are removed from it.
it is a basic element of group identity. It is within this framework that this thesis examines the language policies of the former Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation. The thesis concludes that the language policy coming out of the Kremlin today is simply a continuation of the Soviet policy of using language as tool to homogenize those who are near the seat of power and exert pressure and influence in places that are removed from it.
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x, 35 p. : ill.
28 cm.
28 cm.
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