Activists presented a draft Constitution of the future Smolensk Republic
They expect that the independent Smolensk region will speak three languages. On the evening of 21 March, in Warsaw, representatives of the Smolensk Republican Centre (SRC) presented the draft Constitution […]
Indigenous nations have the right to self-determination and participation in decision-making
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced this on August 9, 2021.
The Statement of the Council of the BNR on Mother Language Day
International Mother Language Day is celebrated on February 21. Today we greet it in mourning in connection with the death in the Lukashenko prison of the political prisoner Igor Lednik, […]
Asians of Russia, who are they? (short illustrated guide)
Asians in Russia are a large and very diverse community of different ethnic groups. But what groups are these? How many are there? What similarities and differences do they have? We tried to […]
Estonia plans to stop funding Russian-language education: what is known
Prime Minister of Estonia Kaia Kallas, answering on Monday in the parliament to a question about the unified Estonian school, said that the government plans to stop funding education in the Russian language.
In Tatarstan, funding for the language preservation programme was reduced by 13%
The state programme “Preservation, study and development of state languages of the Republic of Tatarstan and other languages in the Republic of Tatarstan” in 2023 was funded 12.5% less than […]
People with requests and the Duolingo campaign have signed up to use their service to learn the Belarusian language
In 2023, Belarusians spent the most time learning cross-border lessons from the Duolingo service. Syabra Kaardynatsynay Rada Alina Kharysava has created a new chapter of the Belarusian language and a list […]
Prospects for the Turkic world
At the end of November, an extended meeting of the Government of Independent Tatarstan (PNT) was held in exile. The theme of the extended meeting, which rather resembled a Round Table, […]
Aida Abdrakhmanova: For 471 years we have been fighting and surviving in the tenacious shackles of the Russian empire
On November 14, the First All-Russian Forum of the Native Language was held in Kazan with the participation of 800 teachers of the Tatar language and literature from 30 regions […]
Arvo Valton: how to save our nations?
Arvo Valton, one of the most prominent Estonian intellectuals, shares his thoughts on the present and future of the Finno-Hungarian people of the empire. How do you prepare yourself and […]
No ethnic language – no nation
”Language is the strongest border that forms a nation and protects the state, its national interest” (Panas Myrnyj – Ukrainian writer)
Why don’t they learn Tatar?
Why don’t they teach us the Papuan language? Because knowledge of this language is not required in government agencies. That’s why they don’t teach Tatar. School (language) and real life are not connected with each other in any way. A citizen who addresses the authorities can be monolingual, but one who works in the state apparatus and answers a question must necessarily be bilingual (Tatar and Russian).