The second scientifically-practical conference

Rafkat Galimov - President of the Moscow society for Tatar culture “Tugan Tel” (Native language)

In the world, according to UNESCO people speak now more than on 6 thousand languages, and nearly half of them are under the threat of disappearance. Each two weeks in the world finally disappears one language … The most widespread from them (83 languages) talk about 80 % of a world's population; Under threat of full disappearance in the world in the near future are 383 languages … Concerned by a lamentable condition of non state languages and their carriers in the world, the General Assembly of the United Nations has declared 2008 International year of languages.

In the USSR for last 20 years of its existence 20 languages disappeared … On language in a year. The main cause - replacement … In the Soviet Siberia … authorities … promoted disappearance of languages … With each such loss we lose everything about what centuries these people thought: about time, heavens, sea animals, deers, about edible and curative plants, about the mathematician, about the nature, about myths and music ". How is business with not state languages and their carriers in Russia?

"Every year in the world disappear 15-20 languages … including in Russia. One business if the language which is even didn’t have writings disappears, is natural, because on it remained to talk only several persons of advanced age; and another business when disappearance of language, " is promoted by authorities ". This "contribution" is shown in various forms. An example: " The Assignment of the President of the Russian Federation Putin about development new edition of the Concept of national policy. Given after a meeting with delegates of II congress of the World Congress of Tatars has caused thousands of interesting offers. Huge work was lead. However the saved up stock of ideas till now is inhibited.

Since that has passed ten years. On December, 13-14th, 2007 Kazan has passed IV congress of the World Congress of Tatars which has accepted the reference besides to the president of the Russian Federation to mister Putin in where is spoken: " … Us disturbs, that in internal policy of the Russian Federation everyone is more distinctly shown tendencies of ignoring of interests of various national groups of the population of the country. So, your Assignment given after the third congress of the World Congress of Tatars about creation on the all-Russian state telechannel "Culture" of regular cultural-cognitive programs, people of Russia showing the life till now is not executed. Special concern cause the processes directed on destruction system of national formation. Lessons of history show, that in different time the policy of ignoring of national interests generated only mutual alienation and mistrust of people, forced intensity in a society.

And it never served strengthening of the Russian state. The Federal Law passed by the State Duma " About modification in some certificates of the Russian Federation " cancels a regional component within the limits of which the native language and history of this or that people of Russia till now were studied.

Greater alarm also causes so-called program of "optimization" of educational institutions and their normative financing which, first of all, undermines foundations of national school in the Russian Federation. Today in many regions the national school is put in position of the stepson of existing structures of formation. And in fact for preservation of traditions of mutual understanding people, strengthening of tolerance in a society it is necessary to support originality of the Russian ethnos, their language and culture and national school with the native language.

As the Russian Federation was included into the European legal space and has incured obligations on observance of human rights, including the rights of national minorities, having guaranteed training on the native language.

We express serious concern connected with frequent cases of display of xenofobia and intolerance on national ground in separate regions of Russian Federations. Unfortunately, similar moods are openly propagandized by some political parties and public politicians. We consider, that in the modern democratic country such negative displays should receive repulse not only from the public, but also from the state authorities … "

For the example the famous public politician, the member of the State Duma almost all convocations, 8,7 % supported not less from total of voters, so to say, the Russian electorate, mister Zhirinovskij V.V., in the edition " Russian authority", addressing to citizens of Russia in pre-election campaign of 2007, speaks openly: it is necessary … " To lead an administrative reorganization of the Russian Federation. To create 50 edges with number not less than 5 million inhabitants … To refuse national-territorial division and to return former pre-revolutionary administrative-territorial division ". All is clear: to return by times when Russia was " prison of people " - the state for Russian. And for this purpose still: " give to Russian citizenship of Russia without excessive formalities. Reception of citizenship for Russian - automatic for 3 days!!! For former citizens of the USSR - 30 days … "

Unfortunately, it is necessary to speak not only about preservation of the Native language of non-russian inhabitants of Russia, but also about the survival rate of carriers of these languages in the country where now it is possible only to dream about the tolerance.

To the greatest regret, " Day of the Native language " for all not Russian-speaking citizens living in Russia becomes " Day of grief by the disappearing Native language ". International Day in Russia is not apprehended in the state scale it didn’t mark, languages of its non-russian citizens- a burden.

Maria Orlova in the newspaper " the Modern idea " in 8-9 for August-September 2007 writes:"…the list of severe crimes because of racism is long … Despite of it, in the majority of such cases guilty were accused only of hooliganism and received small prison terms … the Government of Russia for a long time patronizes to extremist political parties … the Kremlin manipulates nationalist passions, and anything surprising, that extremists feel, that extremists feel, that can unpunishedly scoff above non-russian and kill them. The success of "Native land" shows, that the similar extremism is attractive to a fair part of the Russian electorate. Indulging these passions, the Kremlin plays with fire,doing xenofobia by respectable political strategy".

According to public politician Javlinskiy: " Xenofobia, racism, anti-semitism expands in our country as a cancer tumour. It is the way to disorder, the way to distemper … " and Russia is ready to exterminate not only non-russian languages, but also their carriers.

Another example:

Daniel Alekseevich Sysoyev - the secretary of an orthodox society "Shestodnev", the priest, has published books "Walk with the Protestant" and "Marriage with a moslem", where:

- raises hatred to a sacred symbol of the Islam - to prophet Muhammad;

- raises hatred to the sacred book of moslems - to the Koran;

- raises hatred to Islamic religion and muslim people;

As well as in many other cases, the Federal law " About counteraction extremist activity " is silent both in relation to D.A.Sysoyev's activity, and under the attitude of many other displays of extremist activity.

All this has very direct attitude to a life, preservation and development of languages of non-russian people in Russia, aboriginals of this country. Also it is a birthmark of Russia from a birth, not a phenomenon of today’s.

According to Alexander Jakuba, Russia doesn’t finance education. " …in South Korea up to 20 % of gross national product it is annually spent for education within last 20 years. In Japan - 14 % of gross national product, In Finland - 16,4 % of gross national product … In Russia in 2007 charges on formation from the Federal budget have made all - 0,9 % of gross national product ".

At such state of affairs in the country education in native non-russian language is doomed to extinction. According to scientists already at "democratic" Russia, after disintegration USSR, 3 languages have died. Who is the next…?

Speculating on globalization of a life on the planet Earth, supporters of training of rising generation only in state russian language believe, that they for "the light future" children of a non-russian nationality because in their opinion, a child left a school with the native language, will not be competitive with Russian children at the passing examinations for studying in higher educational institutions. Objecting such understanding of teaching of the native language, authors have already mentioned work of N.I.Muzafarov and I.Golovanov write in the same place about national schools with instruction in native language which would provide "… uniform state standard of education and instruction, and on other hand - familiarizing to national (ethnic) cultural tradition, i.e. education of the person, capable to live in a polycultural environment.

Such a conditions assume creation of school which initial step immerses in elements of native culture and language, and the average step deduces on the all-Russian and world cultural space ". So, the former head of Department education of the government of Moscow L. P. Kezina on one of meetings has declared: " I think, that cleanly national schools – it is a deadlock ". Therefore in Moscow there is no State or Municipal school with training native non-russian language even in elementary school.

Also Nazif Mirihanov, plenipotentiary of Republic Tatarstan in Russian Federation, expressed his opinion: " It is planned, that in each District (in Moscow) will be creat schools with the Tatar ethnocultural component. Hall in the hands of the Tatar community ". Also he added: " And prospect, in my opinion, such: national schools will be kept, but the world economic and world history will be taught in English. The majority of subjects - in Russian. And language, history and culture - in native language He is unequivocal against education in native language even in an elementary school with gradual transition in the senior classes of training in many subjects in state language that would promote preservation of native Tatar language.

Apparently from the report of Executive committee of the World congress of Tatars for 2002-2007: " One of the main components of development of any nation is presence its own education system. Tatars during all the history paid the big attention to national school, invariable defending the right to reception of formation in native language … in Samara here ten years exists and successfully works the Tatar school with the symbolical name "Iaktilik"("Inspiration"). In 2005 … has been constructed attach to school that has allowed to open new educational classes and to equip them with modern equipment. Here today 400 young Tatars sit at school desks … on one place applies 5-6 person that testifies to a high level of teaching and the big authority of school … In Dmitrovgrad in the Ulyanovsk area in 2003 was opened the new school with … studying in Tatar language. The same in the Ulyanovsk. Izhevsk - city in where during many years open the Tatar grammar school … At many schools of republic Udmurtiya works the Tatar classes. Recently at one school of Izhevsk was created the Tatar class, the museum Moussa Jaleel … was created… In Chuvashiya … in areas of compact residing Tatars work 19 schools where teaching is conducted in the native language. There it is trained over three thousand pupils. In regional center Batirovo there is a branch of the Chuvash state university in which works the branch of the Tatar language.

The private residence is standing the Saratov Tatar national grammar school which has been opened by one of the first during reorganization. This grammar school for last years has got stronger. Its material base has improved, the third floor was built on, and repair of the building of a grammar school was conducted and also computer classes was created… Teacher of the Tatar schools from regions of Russian Federations are trained at the courses of improvement qualification of the pedagogical staff in Kazan.

For the last 3 years was rose a question about opening the Tatar school in Chelyabinsk where lives a quarter of one million Tatars. There is even a corresponding decision of authorities, but till now the school doesn’t present.

In Moscow there is only one school №1186 with the Tatar ethnocultural component and three kindergartens with the Tatar ethnoculture. And it is in the city, where lives 166 thousand Moscow Tatars (on official statistics, and on informal - them more than 400 thousand).

Tatarstan - not Moscow, but the guarantor of preservation, studying and development not only state languages of republic, but also languages of other people living only in Republic. This is a traditional policy of the Tatar statehood. It is known, that, when in XII-XIV centuries in Russia the Tatar language was one of state languages, it was language of diplomacy. Then Russian did not suppress, the Christian religion was not pursued; each people living in the primordial territories within the limits of present Russia, could express freely on the native language, be trained on the native language, write that alphabet which was more convenient. Russian tsar Ivan IV perfectly knew the Tatar language. Traveller Athanasius Nikitin, the Tver merchant, wrote his travelling note in Tatar language…

Prince Ivan Kalita has become in history of Russia as "the Collector of the Russian ground ". He has had an opportunity from the Tatar possessors to pacify civil strifes among the Russian isolated princedoms, has begun Creation of the Great Russian state, but only owing to support of Tatars. As we are learned with modern textbooks in history of Russia, Tatars plundered, tortured Russian, humiliated their human advantage. However, as at all thus it is possible to understand, that exactly during "a 240-years Tatar yoke" has been created one of miracles of light - the Gold Ring around of Moscow of which Russian people by the right is proud: fine buildings of churches with the gilt domes, the finest list from within. Is possible with "the dried up soul, the plundered condition, in poverty " to create such masterpieces which are not conceding to products of world culture, civilization. To execute these languages confused in legs!

After " 240-years Tatar yoke " which did not consider Russian language "deadlock", Russian went out great mighty native language, rich with many words from the Tatar speech, its culture, strong state. Now the Tatar language in modern Russia is reduced to language "deadlock", the language-stepson which is not having prospects. The result more than 450-years (after 1552) "making Tatars better ", and other non-russian people.

Tatar Kuzma Minin - the head of Nizhni Novgorod has organized a home guard against the Polish interventionists in the beginning of XVII century. He has invited the main military Dmitry Pozharskiy and Russia has been released from Poles. Alexander Matrosov, the Tatar who has put meaningly the young life on an altar of Fatherland in The Great Patriotic War. Gazi Zagitov - the first, who set up the Banner of the Victory above Reihstag. We can continue enumerate names of many and many well-known representatives of Tatar people, faith and the truth promoted Greatness of Russia, and Russia in "gratitude" to these citizens is ready to deprive their posterity of the Native language.

The declaration of Ms. Kezina L.P.: "I suppose, that national schools – it is a deadlock ", and Russian national schools in Russia is not the deadlock, it is a progress of all mankind: all languages of the world can disappear, but Great Mighty Russian - forever! Application of Kezina - the head of Department of education of the Government of Moscow, is the declaration on behalf of the state of Russia, and it is the death sentence to all non-russian languages in Russia. Not being taught in the native language, satisfying in faculty, ethnocomponents which will be eliminated by Kezins, in Russia remains one Russian language … to all citizens of Russia are going to be Russian-speaking, Russians. It is the open challenge to the world community. There is a hope, that the UNESCO will not cancel the Day of the Native language established by it, and Russia will be compelled to tame its feeling of hostility to all non-russian, including languages of the non-russian speaking citizens. It is represented, that it won’t be possible to Russia to sue brutal execution languages of the radical non-russian citizens.

Language of Tatars only in Republic Tatarstan under reliable protection of the Government of Tatarstan. But in the Republic lives only a quarter from all number of Tatars of Russia. Other three quarters from the general number Tatars of Russia, nearly three millions live in their native ground absent-mindedly all over the territory of Russia, and there their language is defenceless. Silent diligence of the Russian authorities their language, as well as languages of other non-russian citizens of Russia, gradually, but steadily dies out, to that promote as the Legislation of Russia, and the directed ideology. "To wash out" minds of Russians, the legend about 240 years damnation of the Tatar yoke which till that time anybody didn’t guess has been thought up. And in fact this "yoke" has helped Russia not get in due time under the valid yoke of the Western Europe, Catholicism. This legend is still in minds of "electorate" to that promote and nowadays published textbooks in history of Russia for schools and HIGH SCHOOLS. But, the God is mercy, there are the scientists opening eyes of "electorate" on the truth. Among such scientists Lev Gumilev who told: "I am the Russian person, and all the life I protect Tatars from slander", Michael Khudyakov shot by the Soviet authority, Konstantin Penzev names ("Russian tsar Batyj", 2007.), Gali Enikeeva ("the Crown of empire Ordynskoj", 2007) and many other.

Carrying out the language policy completely corresponding to the international educational standards, the Republic Tatarstan has approved the Law "the State program of Republic Tatarstan on preservation, studying and development of state languages of Republic Tatarstan and languages of other people living in Republic Tatarstan for 2004-2013", the Law ¹ 52-3PT from October, 11th, 2004. "Law" in particular proclaims:

"The purposes and problems of the Program: creation of conditions for preservation, studying and developments of state languages of Republic Tatarstan and other languages in Republic Tatarstan, maintenance of optimum performance of the Tatar and Russian languages as state languages of Republic Tatarstan; consecutive realization of the Law of Republic Tatarstan " About state languages of Republic Tatarstan and other languages in Republic Tatarstan ". Terms of realization 2004-2013 the Basic directions of the Program: normality-legal and organizational-structural maintenance, coordination and the organization of scientific researches, an education system, national-language environment of family, institute of public opinion.

Executors of the Program: Academy of sciences in Russian Federation, Ministry of Justice in Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Sciences in Russian Federation, the Ministry of Culture RTI, Agency in Russian Federation on mass communications "Tatmedia", and also other ministries, the State Committees, the departments, corresponding agencies of the government of Republic Tatarstan, the establishments of average and maximum vocational training located in territory of Russian Federation.

Expected results: … Development of the normality-legal certificates providing realization of the present Law…the Control over execution - the Cabinet of Ministers".

Next it is told in "Law":"… destiny of state languages in Russian Federation and other languages in Russian Federation has ceased to be perceived as a question of the second order … the quantity of general educational establishments with teaching in the Tatar language and in languages of representatives of other people living in Russian Federation" has increased.

In section " the Basic purposes and problems of the Program", in particular, it is told: "assistance in preservation and development of languages of representatives of other people living in the Russian Territory".

In memory of Tatars vividly offensive-humiliating attitude of sovereign Peter the great and its servants to Tatars and their language. Not only the Government of the Russian Federation, but also all Tatar people with the greatest respect concerns to languages of all other people living not only in Russia, but also all over the world, including and " great mighty Russian language".

"The work by realization State Program in preservation, studying and development languages of people of the Russian Federation … during 1994 has allowed to define the factors interfering realization of viewing objects, has revealed new problems and provided deeper understanding former. One of such a factors is absence of target federal programs in preservation languages of people of the Russian Federation, in this connection functioning of the Tatar language in places of compact residing Tatars in territory of the Russian Federation is complicated". And the Tatar language in the Russian territories on the verge of extinction in connection of absence support of the Federal Center.

In section "Development of languages of representatives of other people living in Republic Tatarstan" is told:

" The basic purpose of this direction of the Program is preservation and development languages of representatives other people living in the Russian Federation for what the Russian Federation provides the decision of following problems:

Creation of conditions for functioning national languages of representatives of other people in system of local government institutions …

Assistance to all forms of national-cultural activity, mass media, publishing, national creativity, professional work in the field of culture etc., promoting the preservation and development of languages of representatives people living in the territory of the Russian Federation ".

The law of the Russian Federation "the State program on preservation, studying and development…" is a law which is strictly supervised, by results of execution annually this Law is represented in Ministerial council RF the most detailed report. Not on a paper, and on places really exist and schools and children's preschool establishments with education and teaching the native language for children in places of compact residing persons not Tatar and non-russian function on the state basis are working.

Education in Russian and Tatar languages in Republic are no doubt. Only the Tatar national University, despite of sharp necessity for this University of what many years are a question is not created yet.

"Maintenance together with corresponding departments of the Russian Federation and its subjects of professional training for educational institutions of republic, organizing education in languages of these people ", etc. - all maximal for preservation of languages of these people. In the considered Program all is stipulated up to the trifles necessary for preservation, development and existence of these languages, up to " development of Regulations about extra charges to the salary to workers for practical application in work … Position of this Program, creation of public Advice and associations concerning, defining development and preservation of languages of the Russian Federation, assistance … to updating of the maintenance and methods of teaching in educational institutions where teaching is conducted in languages of representatives of other people, strengthening educational-material resources … creation of curriculums of new generation, searching of the new modern methods of teaching … ", etc. – all this for preservation and development of languages of people occupying the Russian Federation. People lives in all the Tatarstan the order of three millions, from them "persons of other nationalities" (except for Tatars and Russian) nearly hundred thousand person, and with deep respect for their languages was developed the Program of preservation and development of their national languages. It is in full conformity with the World declaration of the United Nations on human rights. And in Moscow as it is already told, gather for debate "experts" and believe, led by the head of Department of formation of the Government of Moscow, contrary to decisions and documents of the International organizations, including UNESCO, the United Nations, the Council of Europe, deadlock has put teaching in the native language of citizens of a non-russian nationality, which in Moscow more than two millions even on census it is difficult to them to trust.

The legislation of the Russian Federation, meaningly and purposefully creates preconditions for as soon as possible make the Russian Federation only for Russian, shortly by to liquidate languages of other nationalities. However it won’t be possible. Russia doesn’t live separately on a planet the Earth and it can’t manage an arbitrariness concerning other, non-russian citizens which rights are not indifferent for the international organizations which are created and exist on the same planet the Earth. To not for long it still to deceive world public opinion the adherence to humanity.

There is nothing unreal. In the message of the General director of UNESCO Koitiro Matsuuri it is spoken: "…the UNESCO…is resolutely adjusted on performance of its role as leading establishment. … a number of languages are outside of education systems, a news media, book publishings and public sphere as a whole. … it is necessary to take urgent measures … Encouraging and developing the language policy directed on each language community can use the first language or the native language, including in the field of formation, knowing thus national or regional language and an international language. Inducing also carriers of dominating language to study other national or regional language and one or two international languages. Only meaningly cultivated knowing of many languages can enable for all the languages to find the place in our world during an epoch of globalization.

… the UNESCO offers the governments, to establishments of system of the United Nations Organization, the organizations of a civil society, educational institutions, professional associations and all other interested parties to stir up the activity in interests of respect, encouragement and protection of all languages, in particular the languages which are being under threat of disappearance, in all situations of an individual and collective life.

… Carrying out of the International year of languages in 2008 will give a unique opportunity to make step up forward the performance of these problems".

This message directly concerns Russia on all of 100 %.

Business for the President of Russia to make this step up! - to stop the process of suppression of non-russian languages in the country, considerably to change the attitude of the state to non-russian citizens - to direct the country to the international legal field, including concerning languages of radical non-russian people.