derussification
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thumb|The empty plinth of a Demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin in Ukraine|statue dedicated to Alexander Pushkin in Ternopil, Ukraine Derussification (or derussianization) is a process or public policy in different states of the former Russian Empire and the Soviet Union or certain parts of them, aimed at restoring national identity of indigenous peoples: their language, culture and historical memory, lost due to Russification. The term may also refer to the marginalization of the Russian language, culture and other attributes of the Russian-speaking society through the promotion of o
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- After the collapse of the Russian Empire
- Kars
- Harbin Russians
- In the Soviet Union
- Sino-Soviet Split
- After the collapse of the Soviet Union
- Transition from the Cyrillic script
- By country
- In Turkmenistan
- In Kazakhstan
- In Moldova
- In Ukraine
- In the Baltic states
- See also
- References
thumb|The empty plinth of a Demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin in Ukraine|statue dedicated to Alexander Pushkin in Ternopil, Ukraine Derussification (or derussianization) is a process or public policy in different states of the former Russian Empire and the Soviet Union or certain parts of them, aimed at restoring national identity of indigenous peoples: their language, culture and historical memory, lost due to Russification. The term may also refer to the marginalization of the Russian language, culture and other attributes of the Russian-speaking society through the promotion of other, usually autochthonous, languages and cultures.
==After the collapse of the Russian Empire== Early derussification processes manifested themselves in the newly independent states that emerged after the collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917, such as Poland, Finland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Baltic states.