The use of the local languages as the official ones in the Republics of the Russian Federation: Legal and economic aspects

THE USE OF THE LOCAL LANGUAGES AS THE OFFICIAL ONES IN THE REPUBLICS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: LEGAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS

Nina Y. ODING
Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Head of Research Department, International Centre for Social and Economic Research “Leontief Centre” (St. Petersburg), St. Petersburg, Russia

Andrey O. YUSHKOV
Staff Researcher, International Centre for Social and Economic Research “Leontief Centre” (St. Petersburg), St. Petersburg, Russia

Lev I. SAVULKIN
Cand. Sci. (Geography), Senior Staff Researcher, International Centre for Social and Economic Research “Leontief Centre” (St. Petersburg), St. Petersburg, Russia

TERRA ECONOMICUS, 2019, Vol. 17 (no. 1),

p. 112-130
DOI: 10.23683/2073-6606-2019-17-1-112-130

Citation: Oding, N. Y., Yushkov, A. O., and Savulkin, L. I. The use of the local languages as the official ones in the Republics of the Russian Federation: Legal and economic aspects. Terra Economicus, 17(1), 112–130. DOI: 10.23683/2073-6606-2019-17-1-112-130

The article deals with the recent practices of using national languages in Russian regions. Based on the actual statistical data, the authors analyze the current state and dynamics of national language use in the national republics of the Russian Federation and outline the reasons for heterogeneity among the regions of Russia. The authors also review the legal practice of recent years regarding the use of national languages in education, public administration and other spheres of the public sector, and reveal the new trends in the regulation of language policy at the federal level as well as the coincidence of trends of the budget and language policies.

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Keywords: Republics of Russia; national languages; public administration; language policy; intergovernmental fiscal relations

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Publisher: Southern Federal University
Founder: Southern Federal University
ISSN: 2073-6606