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Russian in Post-Soviet Central Asia: A Comparison with the States of the Baltic and South Caucasus

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Since the collapse of the USSR, Russian-language skills have declined significantly throughout Central Asia among the titular and other local ethnic groups. Nevertheless, even in countries with minute Slavic minorities, Russian continues to be used for many different types of communication, and enjoys a high level of prestige, including in higher education and in top levels of professional, economic and political spheres. The use of Russian in elite domains and its association with high quality in Central Asia stands in contrast to the situation in the former Soviet republics of the Baltic and South Caucasus.

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  • William Fierman, 2012. "Russian in Post-Soviet Central Asia: A Comparison with the States of the Baltic and South Caucasus," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(6), pages 1077-1100.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:64:y:2012:i:6:p:1077-1100
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2012.691722
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    1. Tokunaga, Masahiro & Suganuma, Keiko & Odagiri, Nami, 2018. "From Russia to Eurasia : Specific Features of the “Russosphere” from the Perspective of Business Activities of Japanese Firms," RRC Working Paper Series 77, Russian Research Center, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
    2. Masahiro Tokunaga & Ravshan Shomurodov & Okiliddin Alimov, 2021. "A Conflict of State-led Initiative and Economic Rationality: Focusing on the State Language and Lingua Franca in Uzbekistan," KIER Working Papers 1068, Kyoto University, Institute of Economic Research.
    3. A. G. Manakov & N. V. Danilkina, 2021. "Formation of the State Territory of the Former USSR and Circulation of Russian Language Nowadays," Regional Research of Russia, Springer, vol. 11(2), pages 212-219, April.
    4. Victor Agadjanian & Byeongdon Oh, 2020. "Continuities in Transition: Ethnicity, Language and Labour Market Inequalities in Kyrgyzstan," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 51(6), pages 1579-1612, November.
    5. A. G. Manakov, 2020. "Main Trends in the Transformation of the Ethnic Space of the Central Asian Macroregion from 1897 to 2017," Regional Research of Russia, Springer, vol. 10(4), pages 574-582, October.

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