Историческая этнология (Nov 2021)
Introduction
Abstract
The thematic selection “The Linguistic Situation and the Linguistic Landscape of National Regions in the 20th – early 21st centuries” is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the decree on languages in the Tatar ASSR and the Year of Native Languages and National Unity in the Republic of Tatarstan. An international academic conference, which was held in Kazan on June 29, 2021, brought together scientists from various regions of the country, as well as from Finland, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. The conference discussed complex issues of the formation and implementation of language policy in the national regions of the USSR both in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, considered the problems of the formation and development of state institutions in the field of linguistics, teaching Russian and national languages in the CIS, identified the role of mass media in the implementation of political decisions on the development of non-Russian languages and national cultures. The heading includes selected papers by participants of the similarly-named conference.
