Russification (русификация rusifikátsiya) is a form of cultural assimilation process during which non-Russian communities, voluntarily or not, give up their culture and language in favor of the Russian one. In a historical sense, the term refers to both official and unofficial policies of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union with respe...
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A process of changing the national identity of non-Russians to an identity culturally similar to that of the Russians. Although not the official policy of any Soviet regime, such assimilation often resulted from the policy of Russianization, particularly in the case of Ukrainians, Belorussians, and non-Russian educated elites.
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• (n.) The act or process of Russifying, or the state of being Russified.
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(from the article `Russia`) After the Crimean War the Russian government made some attempt to introduce in Poland a new system acceptable to the Polish population. The leading ... ...of Russian-language and bilingual schools grew steadily at the expense of schools offering instruction in the native languages, even in ... [17 related ...
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Rus'si·fi·ca'tion noun [
Russia + Latin
-ficare (in comp.) to make. See
-fy .] The act or process of Russifying, or the state of being Russified.
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A process of changing the national identity of non-Russians to an identity culturally similar to that of the Russians. Although not the official policy of any Soviet regime, such assimilation often resulted from the policy of Russianization (q.v.), particularly in the case of Ukrainians, Belorussians, and non-Russian educated elites.
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