The preservation of the Russian language is the preservation of the Russian "I"
Annually 6 June in Russia is celebrated on the Pushkin Day (Day of the Russian language). That very day - 6 June 1799 - Alexander Pushkin was born in Moscow. Pushkin is considered the founder of the modern Russian literary language and is one of the pillars of Russian culture. In the Soviet Union, this day was celebrated as the Pushkin Festival of Poetry. In modern Russia, the state status of Alexander Pushkin’s birthday was received in 1997 by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation “On the 200 anniversary of the birth of A.S. Pushkin and the establishment of the Pushkin Day of Russia. Then in 2011, the President of Russia signed a decree on the annual celebration of 6 on June, the Day of the Russian Language.
The Russian language is one of the main foundations of Russian civilization and statehood, our historical and cultural heritage. The roots of the Russian language go back to the deepest antiquity during the time of the direct ancestors of the Rus (Russians) - the Aryans (Indo-Europeans). It is not for nothing that linguists note a great closeness of the root bases of the Russian language with Sanskrit, the oldest literary language of India, the age of which’s earliest monuments go back to 3,5 thousand years (mid-second millennium BC). This is not surprising, since when the Aryans left the territory of modern India, Pakistan and Persia (Iran) from the territory of modern Russia, where their ancestral homeland was, the other part of the Aryans remained in place, giving rise to the Slavs, Germans, Balts and other Indo-European peoples.
The originality and antiquity of the Russian language was noted by Mikhail Lomonosov: “Slavic language does not originate from either Greek or Latin, nor from any other; consequently, it itself already consists of the most ancient times, and numerous of these peoples spoke in Slavic language even before Christmas. ” A nineteenth-century historian Egor Klassen wrote: "... The Slavs had a letter not only before all the western nations of Europe, but also before the Romans and even the Greeks themselves, and that the outcome of the enlightenment was from Russo to the west, and not from there to them."
No wonder the opponents of the Russian people are trying in every way to simplify, Westernize and ultimately destroy the Russian language. We observe the most vivid picture in Little Russia (Ukraine), where about a hundred years ago a significant part of the Rus (Russian) superethnos was recorded as “Ukrainians”. For a century, the process of creating the “Ukrainian chimera”, part of a united Russia-Russia inhabited by Russians, was instilled into the idea that they were a separate ethnic group, having the oldest history. The most important role was played by the process of creating the “Ukrainian language”, when adjustments were constantly made to the regional variety of the Russian language “(Mova”), Russian words were changed to Polish, or even new ones were invented. As a result, it came to the beginning of the “First Ukrainian War”, when Russians kill Russians, and all the benefits are received by the current owners of the “Ukrainian project”. Although the overwhelming majority of “Ukrainians” (“spoiled Russians”) are still genetically Russian, they think in Russian, watch Russian films, search for materials in Russian on the web. Even the most important “Ukrainian patriots” who are at the head of the country swear in Russian. The process of the de-Russification of Little Russia is still far from complete and is reversible; we need only political will.
In modern conditions, when information has become powerful weapons, the state of the Russian language and the science of it is alarming and worrying, and concern for the Russian language should be an important social and political issue. After all, the actual Russian language makes us Russians, representatives of the Russian civilization. Taking care of the Russian language ensures the fortress of the state and national security, and the absence of such care leads to irreversible tragic consequences.
The onset of Western culture, the "Americanization" of society, the degradation of the language leads to the loss of "Russianness" when millions of people of Russian descent become "ethnographic material" from which you can fashion anything. And the “economic man” who is interested only in the material side of life, and the cosmopolitan, indifferent to Russian history and culture, and the jihadist who is ready to kill the old men, women and children for the sake of Allah.
That is why the appeal to the life of the Russian language as the basis of our nation’s existence, conscious and purposeful study of the Russian language and teaching it as a native, second native, also spreading it in the world, an indispensable and paramount condition for the preservation of Russian civilization.
The situation in the sphere of the Russian language abroad and in Russia itself is disappointing. The number of speakers of the Russian language abroad is declining. A native speaker, mostly people of the Soviet generation are passing away. Their children no longer speak Russian, as in most post-Soviet republics militant nationalism won, and the Russian language is not honored. In addition, due to political factors, the Russian language is under pressure from local authorities (Baltic States, Ukraine). The most difficult and terrible situation in Ukraine is Ukraine, where a whole breed of Russian-born people is introduced - “Ukrainians”, who mostly think and speak Russian, but consider Russians as enemies. Russian language is displaced in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
However, Russia itself is not the best way. In 1990, the education and training system was under the control of the liberals. They did their best to destroy the Russian (Soviet) educational system, which was the best in the world. The Russian language has also suffered greatly. In Russia, the liberals are trying through the education system to form a lack of knowledge of the Russian language in the country.
There was a break in a single educational space. The schools have different Russian textbooks. In February, 2015, Chairman of the RF State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, Irina Yarovaya called upon colleagues analyze current education standards and bring the Ministry of Education to personal responsibility for them. The situation began to reach the point that in Russian schools the study of the Russian language is less time consuming than the foreign one. Spring led the numbers: during her studies at the Russian school, the child learns Russian in the amount of 866 hours, and foreign - 939 hours. The Ministry of Education has announced plans to introduce the mandatory surrender of the EGE in a foreign language, and introduce another foreign language into the school curriculum. Spring asks: “What kind of citizens do we raise? Maybe the Russian state is not the customer of educational programs? ”
The clocks on basic subjects - Russian language, literature, mathematics and history - have been drastically reduced, they are studied for two hours. In the Soviet school, 4-5 hours were assigned to basic subjects. Great harm caused the introduction of the exam. Children lose the opportunity to not only competently express their thoughts, but also to express them in oral speech. In addition, a new generation of teachers, a generation of “democratic choice”, comes to schools, and the Soviet generation is leaving. This leads to a drop in the quality of teaching, and computerization does not save the situation, but on the contrary, worsens it.
A huge role in the destruction of the Russian language is played by the media, especially television. Anglicisms, slang and rudeness flooded TV. Russian literary language is actively simplified and supplanted. As a result, the degradation of the Russian language occurs both at the level of education and at the household level.
Formally, the authorities are trying to react to it. In 2013, the Russian Language Council was established under the Government of the Russian Federation under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets. In 2014, Russian President V. Putin signed a decree establishing the Russian language council. Unfortunately, despite the official support of the Russian language, there are no concrete measures to protect the language. Most of the Russian language is remembered for political purposes, as part of state propaganda. There is no awareness of the influence of the Russian language on the basic foundations of Russian civilization and statehood.
Obviously, in order to preserve our multi-thousand-year heritage, the Russian language, its Russian “I”, which will be lost with the loss of the Russian language, requires a serious system program. It is necessary to restore the best, basic beginnings of the Soviet program, schools; centrally engage in the support and development of the Russian language through the popularization and distribution of great Russian works, Russian books, Russian songs, Russian fairy tales, and so on; to actively disseminate the Russian language abroad and to support already existing developments.
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