@article{oai:nuis.repo.nii.ac.jp:00003341,
 author = {A., ディボフスキー and Dybovsky, Alexander},
 journal = {新潟国際情報大学 国際学部 紀要, NUIS Journal of International Studies},
 month = {Apr},
 note = {In this article, we briefly examine the development of the language situation in three
members of the former USSR ― Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia. A legal document analysis
approach will be privileged with much emphasis placed on the status of the Russian language.
We begin with the era of the so-called "language revolutions" of 1989 before examining
situations of acute language conflict as well as the current situation.
In all three cases, the lack of flexibility in language policy led to a violation of the language
preferences of many citizens, which in turn inspired citizen-led protests; confrontations with
the authorities; and in some cases armed conflicts. Protracted conflicts led to separatism,
which was ultimately parlayed by the people into a counter reaction against the authorities’
miscalculations in language policy. Obviously, language problems were not the only cause of
armed conflicts and territorial separatism; however, they were the basis for mass discontent
among people whose language rights were violated. The aggravation of language problems
was caused by the nationalism of the titular nations of the above-mentioned countries.
The centrifugal tendencies of the former USSR were the result of the following: regional
separatism; confrontational interactions with the central governments of member countries;
self-centered behavior of local elites; nationalism as an effective means of mobilizing the
population; the systematic violation of minorities’ linguistic rights; and general political
disorder. In the unrecognized (partially recognized) countries that arose as a result of armed
conflicts, the language situation reverted to the Soviet-era paradigm, with the absolute
predominance of the use of Russian language.},
 pages = {43--53},
 title = {旧ソ連圏諸国における言語戦争について―モルドバ、ウクライナ、グルジアにおける分離主義の特殊性―},
 volume = {6},
 year = {2021}
}