THE MOVEMENT TOWARD A MONOLINGUAL NATION IN RUSSIA: THE LANGUAGE POLICY IN THE CIRCASSIAN REPUBLICS OF THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS
Journal: Journal of Caucasian Studies
Year: 2015

In the context of an institutionalized multi-nationalist ideology, the language policy in Russia is based on the distinction of the native language of the Russian people and the languages of all other non-Russians. Such a distinction is reflected in 'the Constitution of the Russian Federation,' federal and regional laws and policy practices that have given advantage to Russian over the other titular languages of the indigenous people in the Russian Federation. This article charts the grand 'shif