Open AccessRussian language in Georgia: view from the inside
Author(s) -
Е.О. Хабенская
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ètnodialogi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2071-8349
DOI - 10.37492/etno.2021.64.2.005
Subject(s) - georgian , russian language , elite , independence (probability theory) , politics , competition (biology) , period (music) , position (finance) , political science , language education , economic history , history , social science , linguistics , sociology , law , pedagogy , economics , art , ecology , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , finance , biology , aesthetics
Статья посвящена проблемам русскоязычного образования, сохранения и распространения русского языка в Грузии в постсоветский период. Рассматривается в динамике положение русского языка в системе среднего образования начиная с 1991 г., отношение к русскоязычным, русскому языку и культуре грузинской политической элиты и грузинского общества в разные периоды независимости страны. Анализируются причины, факторы и перспективы изменения положения русского языка в современной Грузии. Иллюстративным материалом и отчасти источником для статьи послужили тексты эссе педагогов-русистов, лауреатов Пушкинского конкурса из Грузии в 2001–2018 годах. The article is devoted to the problems of education in Russian, preservation and spread of the Russian language in Georgia in the post-Soviet period. The position of the Russian language in the secondary education system since 1991, the attitude towards Russianspeakers, the Russian language and culture of Georgian political elite and Georgian society in different periods of country’s independence are considered in dynamics. Causes, factors and perspectives of changes in the position of the Russian language in modern Georgia are analyzed. The texts of essays written by the Russian teachers who were winners of the Pushkin Competition from Georgia in 2001-2018, served as illustrative material, and partially as a source for the article.