Comparison of language policies in the post-Soviet Union countries on the European continent

Abstract

Language was one of the most important identity markers and played a crucial role in all the countries of the former Soviet Union. Governments of the newly independent countries were pressed by their ethnic constituencies to pass language laws and new constitutions in favor of the dominant national or ethnic groups.

Keywords

• Comparison
• language
• policies
• post-Soviet
• Union
• countries
• European
• continent