Soviet Latinization campaign

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The Soviet Latinization campaign was a policy initiative in the 1920s–1930s that replaced traditional writing systems of many non-Russian languages in the USSR with Latin-based alphabets as part of broader efforts to modernize and reshape national identities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet policy initiative ⓘ
language policy ⓘ
script reform campaign ⓘ
aimedAt breaking ties with pre-revolutionary cultural traditions ⓘ
creating a new socialist culture ⓘ
facilitating interethnic communication within the USSR ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction autonomous regions of the USSR ⓘ
non-Russian national republics of the USSR ⓘ
appliesToLanguage Azerbaijani language in the USSR ⓘ
Bashkir language in the USSR ⓘ
Chuvash language in the USSR ⓘ
Kazakh language in the USSR ⓘ
Kyrgyz language in the USSR ⓘ
Tajik language in the USSR ⓘ
Tatar language in the USSR ⓘ
Turkmen language in the USSR ⓘ
Uzbek language in the USSR ⓘ
many North Caucasian languages in the USSR ⓘ
various Siberian and Far Eastern minority languages ⓘ
characteristic rapid transition periods for schools and publishing ⓘ
top-down implementation ⓘ
use of specially designed Latin alphabets ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
endTime 1930s ⓘ
followedBy Cyrillicization of non-Russian languages in the USSR ⓘ
goal modernization of non-Russian languages ⓘ
promotion of literacy ⓘ
reshaping national identities ⓘ
secularization of education ⓘ
standardization of writing systems ⓘ
weakening religious influence ⓘ
implementedBy People's Commissariat for Education of the RSFSR ⓘ
central Soviet language planning bodies ⓘ
republican language commissions ⓘ
inception mid-1920s ⓘ
opposedBy religious authorities in Muslim communities ⓘ
some traditional elites ⓘ
partOf Soviet korenizatsiya policy ⓘ
Soviet nationalities policy ⓘ
early Soviet language planning ⓘ
politicalIdeology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
Soviet internationalism ⓘ
replaced Arabic script in many Muslim-majority languages of the USSR ⓘ
traditional scripts of various minority languages ⓘ
replacedBy policy of mandatory Cyrillic scripts for most non-Russian languages by late 1930s ⓘ
significantEvent All-Union Turkological Congress of 1926 ⓘ
startTime 1920s ⓘ
usedWritingSystem Latin-based alphabets ⓘ

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Latin script (1929–1940) → belongsTo → Soviet Latinization campaign ⓘ
Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet → associatedWith → Soviet language policy ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Latinization campaign
Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet → associatedWith → Soviet language policy ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Latinization campaign
Karelian Cyrillic alphabet → associatedWith → Soviet language policy ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Latinization campaign
Soviet Latinization campaign → followedBy → Cyrillicization of non-Russian languages in the USSR ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Latinization campaign