LANGUAGE COMPETITION AND LANGUAGE CONFLICTS IN THE REPUBLICS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION WITH THE FINNO-UGRIC POPULATION

Abstract

On the basis of the analysis of official documents, statistical materials, data from sociological studies, the article assesses the processes of ethnocultural and ethnopolitical development in republics with Finno-Ugric populations. The main source of information for the work has been series of surveys conducted in 2017–2019. The purpose of the article is the analysis of language policy in these republics. It is shown that republican models of ethnopolitics are not based on the principles of law and on the common interests of republican communities. Such a practice inevitably generates conflicts, including these in the linguistic sphere. Meanwhile, need of a policy of civic integration and of more effective educational practices has been formed in the republican communities.