Creation of a Single "Soviet People" (1958–1970)
An official USSR campaign to erase national distinctions. The Communist Party proclaims a course toward the merging of all nations, national schools are massively converted to the language of the metropole, and scholars are prohibited by law from writing and defending dissertations in their native language[1].
Actors
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| G0010 | USSR |
Legislative conversion of educational institutions: «The resolution of the Plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU on the transition of Ukrainian schools to Russian as the language of instruction»[1]. |
Techniques Used
| ID | Name | Use | |
|---|---|---|---|
| T0010 | Denial of a Distinct Identity |
An ideological directive to erase nations: «the new party program on the 'merging of nations' into a single Soviet people»[1]. |
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| T0114 | .003 | Educational Assimilation: Conversion of Schools to the Metropole's Language |
Legislative conversion of educational institutions: «The resolution of the Plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU on the transition of Ukrainian schools to Russian as the language of instruction»[1]. |
| T0113 | .002 | Linguistic Assimilation: Exclusion of the Native Language from Official Use |
Displacement of the national language from the academic sphere: «The order of the USSR Ministry of Education requiring all dissertations to be written and defended only in Russian»[1]. |
Instruments
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S0008 | Government |
Legislative conversion of educational institutions: «The resolution of the Plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU on the transition of Ukrainian schools to Russian as the language of instruction»[1]. |