Soviet Latinization campaign

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Soviet policy initiative language policy script reform campaign

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Soviet language policy	3
Soviet Latinization campaign canonical	1

Statements (48)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1920s ⓘ
usedWritingSystem	Latin-based alphabets ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin script (1929–1940) → belongsTo → Soviet Latinization campaign ⓘ

Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet → associatedWith → Soviet Latinization campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet language policy

Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet → associatedWith → Soviet Latinization campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet language policy

Karelian Cyrillic alphabet → associatedWith → Soviet Latinization campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet language policy