Post-Soviet Linguistic landscape of Russia

[Josh Wilson]

Probably because there hasn't been massive amounts of that here. Students
remark quite a lot on the amount of Soviet iconography still present in
Russia. 

 

Here are a few stories that come to mind on your topic: 

 

Solzhenitsyn Street - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/12/russia

Kurskaya Metro - Soviet slogan quietly removed, then replaced during
renovation:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/24/russia.stalin.controversy/ind
ex.html?iref=nextin

 

There were several metro stations that changed names shortly after 1991 - if
you compare today's map with one from 1980, you can see them pretty easily: 

 

1980: http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdhm646QXh1r54c4oo1_1280.jpg

Today: http://engl.mosmetro.ru/flash/scheme01.html 

 

PS - there used to be a Stalinskaya metro -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyonovskaya_(Moscow_Metro) (that changed in
the 60s, though..) 

 

You might also look into the statues that wound up initially in Muzeon. Lots
of those (like Dzerzhinsky, etc.) were pulled down by folks in the aftermath
of the fall. They were rescued by the Union of Artists and kept from
destruction inside their enclosed property. 

 

Hope that helps. 

 

Best, 

 

 

 

Josh Wilson
Assistant Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor in Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
SRAS.org 
jwilson at sras.org

 

 

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Subject: [SEELANGS] Post-Soviet Linguistic landscape of Russia

 

Dear all

 

Just wondering if anyone could direct me towards literature on the changes
to the linguistic landscape in Russia following the fall of the USSR?  I'm
particularly interested in changes to street names and the removal of Soviet
slogans from public places.

I can find lots of literature on other former republics, but not on Russia.

 

Many thanks

 

Anne Marie

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