Alexey I. Mineev, Alexander Aidarov
DOI: 10.47026/2712-9454-2020-1-4-63-68
Key words
national minorities, Estonia, international cooperation, ethnic-cultural autonomies
Annotation
Basing on the analysis of diverse sources and scientific literature the article examines the state policy of Estonia (former Republic of the USSR) in the field of preserving the culture of national minorities – Russia descents, as well as it determines the legislative norms for the support of national minorities in Russia and Estonia. Regulatory legal acts regulating the rights and activities of national minorities both in Russia and in other countries were studied for this purpose. Attempts to create a national cultural autonomy (NCA) in Estonia are described. The authors come to conclusions that the state policy of the former Republic of the USSR is aimed at preserving and developing languages, material and spiritual culture of the country’s multinational population. Schools, electives are opened, the Russian-language media and TV channels operate, and non-profit organizations function. If in 1989 there were 22 national culture associations registered in Estonia, in 2014 they numbered already more than 300. All this explains the fact that 86% of Russian speakers in Estonia do not see a threat to their language and identity.
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Information about the authors
Alexey I. Mineev – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department for Work with Educational Organizations, LLC “Leader Soft – Implementation Center”, Russia, Cheboksary (minalig@inbox.ru).
Alexander Aidarov – PhD, Member of the Chuvash Cultural Society of Tallinn, Estonia, Tallinn (aidarovaleksandr@gmail.com).
For citations
Mineev A.I., Aidarov A. NATIONAL MINORITIES IN THE STATE POLICY: EXPERIENCE OF RUSSIA AND ESTONIA. Historical Search, 2020, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 63–68. DOI: 10.47026/2712-9454-2020-1-4-63-68 (in Russian).
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