The Failed Lingua Franca of Eastern Europe?
The Failed Lingua Franca of Eastern Europe?
Author(s): Leonidas DonskisSubject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Political Essay
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Russian language;Eastern Europe
Summary/Abstract: The Russian language may have failed as an imperial project of becoming a lingua franca in Eastern Europe, but many brilliant minds of the region are inextricably linked to the language. Today, Russian is increasingly seen as a tool of political domination over the former republics of the Soviet Union.
Journal: New Eastern Europe
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 02 (11)
- Page Range: 63-71
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
