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==== Short history ==== | ==== Short history ==== | ||
- | During the Tsarist period (1721-1917), | + | During the Tsarist period (1721-1917), |
- | < | + | <sub> // Minority Language Rights in the Russian Federation: The End of a Long Tradition?// |
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- The Russian Federation shall guarantee to all of its peoples the right to preserve their native language and to create conditions for its study and development. | - The Russian Federation shall guarantee to all of its peoples the right to preserve their native language and to create conditions for its study and development. | ||
- | There are 22* ethnic republics | + | Russia recognizes |
Native languages are also covered in the Constitution under Chapter 2, Rights and Freedoms of Man and Citizen, Article 26: | Native languages are also covered in the Constitution under Chapter 2, Rights and Freedoms of Man and Citizen, Article 26: | ||
- Everyone shall have the right to determine and indicate his nationality. No one may be forced to determine and indicate his or her nationality. | - Everyone shall have the right to determine and indicate his nationality. No one may be forced to determine and indicate his or her nationality. | ||
- Everyone shall have the right to use his or her native language, to a free choice of the language of communication, | - Everyone shall have the right to use his or her native language, to a free choice of the language of communication, | ||
- | <sub> *this includes the Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014. A majority of the UN state members does not recognize the Crimea as part of Russia((UN. (2014) //General Assembly; Official records sixty-eighth session.// Retrieved from [[https:// | + | <sub> *this includes the Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014. The majority |
==== Further national legislation ==== | ==== Further national legislation ==== | ||
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+ | The framework for Russian legislation concerning education is based on a three-tier curriculum, with a mandatory federal part, a national-regional part mandated by the federal subjects, and a variable part which can be filled in by individual schools((Васильева, | ||
The possibility on education in native languages is further clarified in the Law on the Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation (1991, amended in 1998 and 2002((Bowring, | The possibility on education in native languages is further clarified in the Law on the Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation (1991, amended in 1998 and 2002((Bowring, | ||
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In 2002 the Russian Duma ruled that all languages in Russia are to be written Cyrillic script((Bowring, | In 2002 the Russian Duma ruled that all languages in Russia are to be written Cyrillic script((Bowring, | ||
This was after Tatarstan attempted to adopt Latinista script for the Tatar language in 2001((Jaffe, | This was after Tatarstan attempted to adopt Latinista script for the Tatar language in 2001((Jaffe, | ||
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=== Amendment 2007 === | === Amendment 2007 === | ||
In 2007, an amendment to the education law was passed that increased the degree of federal control in education. This left the federal republics with less curricular room to provide education in the local languages. In fact, teaching these languages is now solely possible through implementing it in an optional part of the curriculum ((Bowring, B., //Russian legislation in the area of minority rights//. In: Protsyk, O., & Harzl, B. (Eds.), //Managing ethnic diversity in Russia//. London (GB): Routledge; 2012, pp. 15-36)). For a number of years, the situation was even bleaker, as the original incarnation of the law also forbade testing students in other languages of instruction than than Russian ((Casen, M., //Les manifestations de l' | In 2007, an amendment to the education law was passed that increased the degree of federal control in education. This left the federal republics with less curricular room to provide education in the local languages. In fact, teaching these languages is now solely possible through implementing it in an optional part of the curriculum ((Bowring, B., //Russian legislation in the area of minority rights//. In: Protsyk, O., & Harzl, B. (Eds.), //Managing ethnic diversity in Russia//. London (GB): Routledge; 2012, pp. 15-36)). For a number of years, the situation was even bleaker, as the original incarnation of the law also forbade testing students in other languages of instruction than than Russian ((Casen, M., //Les manifestations de l' | ||
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=== Developments 2017 === | === Developments 2017 === | ||
- | In July 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested | + | In July 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated |
==Modified: 23-10-2017== | ==Modified: 23-10-2017== |
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