Language as a Factor in the New Identity Formation (Illustrated by Central Asian States)

2019 ◽  
pp. 175-187
Author(s):  
Tetiana Liashenko
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Political Space ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Positive Image ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
National Languages ◽  
The Russian Language

Attempts to build a “Russian world” within the former Soviet republics of Central Asia by introducing an idea of a single linguistic, cultural and political space with the Russian Federation are studied in the article. The threats to the Central Asian countries’ information space are analyzed. The data on gradual changing of orientations of the Central Asian states’ citizens when choosing sources of information is provided. It is concluded that the technologies of the Russian Federation’s propaganda in Central Asia are aimed primarily at the formation of the president of Russia positive image among the widest possible groups of population. Attempts to push so-called “the Russian world”, which already jeopardize global peaceful balance, are grounded, in particular, on a widespread use of the Russian language within the territories of the former USSR that serves to propagate an idea of a single linguistic, cultural and political space. At the same time, a revival and development of national languages and cultures are intensively ongoing in all new independent states. It provokes a confrontation that often causes points of tension and conflicts. A large number of the Russian media, including federal state editions, TV channels. the Sputnik news agency etc. operates in Central Asian information space. Using own controlled media, the Kremlin seeks to convince the Central Asian states’ citizens that the Russia’s foreign policy is a right one, as well as to form a positive image of Russia and president Putin as a politician who is capable to ensure stability and security in the Central Asian region. The Russian Federation pays a special attention to Eastern Kazakhstan, where a large number of ethnic Russians is concentrated. Kazakhstan has much in common with Ukraine on its ethnic population composition, economic situation and geographical proximity to Russia. As in Ukraine, the ethnic Russians make up about 1/5 of the population in Kazakhstan, meanwhile the Russian language is widely used in all spheres. Russia calls its initiative a “humanitarian project”, but there is no doubt that the Kremlin is fighting for minds of younger generation, trying to impose own culture and values on young people. Recently, while alternative sources of information have been spreading, more and more Central Asian habitants opt for online information in their national languages, considering Russianspeaking news resources to be a propaganda.

scholarly journals The Results of International Educational Expeditions Aimed at the Russian Language, Literature, Culture and Russian Education Spread in the Near and Far-abroad Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-270
Author(s):  
Natalya Yu. Mishina ◽  
Evgeniy A. Antonov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Literature Culture ◽  
Russian Education ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Language Literature

The article considers the main approaches to expanding international cultural and humanitarian cooperation, ensuring educational, scientific and informational interaction between the Russian Federation and European countries through international educational expeditions. These events were held in 9 European countries for leaders, teachers and learning organizations engaged in educational activities under the main and (or) additional general educational programs, media representatives of the countries running the events. The article was prepared on the results of work under the project Conducting international educational expeditions aimed at the Russian language, literature, culture and Russian education popularization, implemented by the LLC JV Sodruzhestvo with the support of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation. The article describes the formats of events proposed in the framework of the educational expeditions project, including the features of an integrated approach to their development and implementation, which allowed to ensure high interest of the target audience, easy and effective uptake of content presented for them.

scholarly journals Language Policy of the Russian Federation

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (22) ◽  
pp. 165-177
Author(s):  
Vesna Kosmajac ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
State Language

This paper presents a sociolinguistic analysis of the current linguistic situation in the Russian Federation. Preservation and development of the Russian language represents the national interest of the state. The Russian language has the status of a state language, but, given the large number of ethnic groups living on the territory of Russia, it must not jeopardise other national languages, as this could lead to inter-ethnic conflicts. Some of the key issues Russia is currently facing in this field are: the process of globalisation, the uncontrolled penetration of anglicisms into the Russian language, the adverse impact of the Internet and social networks on literacy, especially with the younger population. All valid rules of the Russian orthography are, in fact, prescribed by the Government of The Russian Federation. Laws regulating the area of language policy are the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Law on the Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation, and the Law on the State Language of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals Digital Art: A Sourcebook of Ideas for Conceptualizing New Practices, Networks and Modes of Self-Expression

2020 ◽  
pp. 241-254
Author(s):  
Vlad Strukov
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Digital Art ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Modes Of Presentation ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
And Function ◽  
Historical Periods ◽  
The Russian Language

AbstractThe chapter traces the evolution of digital art produced in the Russian Federation and in the Russian language by critically considering a number of case studies and re-conceptualizing historical periods. It takes into account technologies, institutions, individual artists and artistic networks, and modes of presentation, appreciation and re-contextualization. It contributes to the debates about the nature and focus of art in the digital era by assessing historical, economic and creative factors. It showcases how digital art might be understood as a particular medium, platform, network, aesthetic and function, and it also argues that digital art does not fit into those categories. Instead notions of transformation, scope and duration are used to account for new forms of artistic expression.

scholarly journals Russia and Post-Soviet Central Asia: Reciprocal Language Studies in University Curricula and Bilateral Cooperation in this Area

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ksenia Muratshina ◽  
Olga Iakimova ◽  
Ildar Hamzin ◽  
Tatiana Verbitskaia ◽  
Gayrat Bobojonov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Language Studies ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Bilateral Cooperation ◽  
Linguistic Aspect ◽  
Soviet Central Asia ◽  
Regional Languages ◽  
The Russian Language

Russia and the post-Soviet countries of Central Asia are close partners, having ties not only in the economy, politics and culture, but also in the field of security. The linguistic aspect of interaction is also of great importance. This article analyzes the presence of the Russian language in the curricula of Central Asian universities, the presence of Central Asian languages in the curricula of Russian universities, and the level of bilateral cooperation in this area. The study is conducted within the framework of the methodological structure of the theory of “soft power” by J. Nye and the concept of “competitive identity of the state” by S. Anholt. The findings of our study present arguments in support of, firstly, the development of an effective strategy to preserve the role of the Russian language as a unifying cultural factor and an instrument of international communication and cooperation, and, secondly, the possibility of preparation specialists in Central Asia in Russia with a good knowledge of regional languages in order to ensure strategic planning, evaluation of joint projects and the study of modern literature. Keywords: Russia, Central Asia, cultural cooperation

Communicative Competency As a Determining Factor of Professional Success of a Teacher (Thoughts on the Concept of the Russian Language and Literature Teaching in the Russian Federation)

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-44
Author(s):  
Обернихина ◽  
Galina Obyernikhina
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Competency Development ◽  
Literature Teaching ◽  
Professional Success ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Determining Factor ◽  
The Russian Language

The article considers the actual problems that are put forwards Concept of the Russian language and literature teaching in the Russian Federation: first, “degradation of the motivation of learners to reading”; second, “incomplete provision of formation of communicative competency of learners”. The author presents the determining role of the communicative and reader competencies of teachers in perfection of the teaching process, and highlights the possible ways of the communicative competency development through the development of the unified speech environment of an educational establishment.

scholarly journals On mechanisms of increasing interest in Russian language in mongolia (on the example between the Khovd aimag of Mongolia and the Altai Territory of the Russian Federation).

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-78
Author(s):  
Nyamaa Delegnam ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Science And Culture ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Russian Education ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The article examines the features of cross-border cooperation between Russia and Mongolia in order to increase interest in the Russian language and Russian education using the Khovd aimag of Mongolia and the Altai Territory of Russia as examples. The author emphasizes the main directions that contribute to increasing the interest of Mongolian students in the Russian language using mechanisms within the framework of the activities of the Russian Language Center at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC) in the Khovd aimag of Mongolia.

scholarly journals Problems of the Languages Vitality of the Peoples of Russian Federation in Past and Present

2020 ◽  
pp. 63-77
Author(s):  
E. A. Kondrashkina
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
The State ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Normative Documents ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
National Languages ◽  
Official Status

The issues related to the problems of vitality of the languages of the peoples of the Russian Federation are discussed in the article. It is noted that the solution to these problems was at a low level during the USSR period, and at present there are no significant changes in its attitude. The analysis of the concept of vitality, its main indicators and factors affecting its level is given. A sociolinguistic review of the languages of the Russian Federation on the official status enshrined in constitutions, laws on languages and other normative documents is presented. Particular attention is paid to the national linguistic policy of the state and those extra-linguistic aspects that have had a great influence on the value orientations of native speakers. Statistical indicators of the decrease in the functional significance of national languages and the growing trend of a language shift in favor of the Russian language are given. It is proved that the official status of the state title languages of the republics has brought little change to the regional language situation. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that the past 2019 was declared by the UN General Assembly as the International Year of Indigenous Languages, as well as the fact that in the Russian Federation recent years have been conflicting regarding the voluntary and compulsory study in schools by all students of the state title languages of the republics, despite on the nationality and desire of the student himself. The novelty is seen in the fact that the author analyzes the vitality of languages of the largest peoples of the Russian Federation with a population of over 1 million and over 500 thousand in different time periods.

scholarly journals Psycholinguistic and linguoculturological aspects of carrying out exam for the status of native speaker of the Russian language for foreign citizens and stateless persons

2020 ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Darya Nikolaevna Polyarush ◽  
Elena Anatolevna Chelak
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Cultural Worldview ◽  
National Values ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Russian Language

The subject of this research is psycholinguistic and linguoculturological aspects of the procedures carrying out an exam for the status of “Russian native speaker”. Relevance of this work is substantiated by the need to develop a unified strategy for commissioners in decision-making procedure of recognition of foreign citizens in all regions of the Russian Federation. The research objective is to accelerate unification of the procedure by specifying the requirements for the status of “Russian native speaker”. In substantiation of the term that has descriptive character and is not codified in reference literature, emphasis is placed on the notional, content-related component. An attempt is made to set a requirement that the tasks must correspond to the content of modern representations on history, culture and national values. The examples of tasks with high though-provoking potential that can demonstrate the commonality of cultural and axiological worldview with the Russian society among the applicants for the status of “Russian native speaker”. The examples of practical application of such types of tasks by the authors of this article in terms of sitting of the commission on designation of the status of “Russian native speaker” to foreign citizens or stateless persons in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug –Yugra. The novelty lies in consideration of the concept from the perspective of axiology. The article is first to raise the question on correspondence of not only the level of command of grammatical rules of the language, but also the level of congeniality of the content of answers to the cultural worldview of the Russian society. This research authors can serve as the materials for formation of tasks in all regions of the Russian Federation, and help the applicants to prepare for the procedure.

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