Post-Soviet Linguistic landscape of Russia

[Brian Hayden]

Hi Anne,

I'd recommend looking at some of the republics of the Russian Federation
with «титульные нации». I spent a lot of time in Kazan, which I think would
be a good case study of a city in an titular republic that has renamed some
of its streets in honor of national (i.e. Tatar) figures. The street-naming
there is actually pretty interesting -- there's a Karl Marx Street, a
Dostoevsky Street, and a Tukay Square, named after a prominent
Tatar-language poet. There's also republic-wide legislation that says Tatar
must be used in all public signage, if I recall correctly.

Sincerely,

Brian


On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 11:14 PM, Josh Wilson <jwilson at sras.org> wrote:

> 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.
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> Here are a few stories that come to mind on your topic:
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> 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/index.html?iref=nextin
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> 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:
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> 1980: http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdhm646QXh1r54c4oo1_1280.jpg
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> Today: http://engl.mosmetro.ru/flash/scheme01.html
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> PS – there used to be a Stalinskaya metro -
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyonovskaya_(Moscow_Metro) (that changed
> in the 60s, though..)
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>
> 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.
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>
>
> Hope that helps.
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> Best,
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> 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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> *From:* SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] *On Behalf Of *anne marie devlin
> *Sent:* Monday, August 04, 2014 10:35 PM
> *To:* SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> *Subject:* [SEELANGS] Post-Soviet Linguistic landscape of Russia
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>
> 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.
>
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> Many thanks
>
>
>
> Anne Marie
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