Zmiany sytuacji językowej w Wierszynie koło Irkucka w warunkach dwujęzyczności polsko-rosyjskiej

• Published in: Acta Baltico-Slavica
• Main Author: Michał Głuszkowski
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Polish; Russian
• Published: Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences 2015
• Subjects: Vershina; Syberia; minority; language situation; language island; Polish; Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology; GN301-674; Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages; PG1-9665; taiga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.11649/abs.2011.002; https://doaj.org/article/daaca600cf39405b8df6692bda42868b

Changes in the language situation of Vershina near Irkutsk in the conditions of Polish-Russian bilingualism Vershina was founded in 1910 by Polish voluntary settlers from Lesser Poland. There are three main periods in Vershina’s history, with different social conditions affecting the language choice. During its first three decades the settlers preserved Polish language (a mixture of dialects from their regions of origin), traditions and the Roman Catholic religion. The effects of the Revolution of 1917 and political changes came to a village in taiga only in the late 1930’s. Vershina lost its former ethnocultural homogeneity because of Russian and Buryat workers in the local kolkhoz. It was the beginning of the increasing role of Russian language in the village’s life. The process of intensive sovietization as well as heterogeneous marriages affected language choice in many domains. In the late 1980’s the inhabitants of Vershina regained their minority rights: they can pray in their own church, learn Polish in a local school and found cultural organisations. However, during the years of communism, the language situation changed irreversibly. There are some factors which may hinder the increasing domination of Russian language, such as activity of local Polish organisation, Roman Catholic parish and folk group “Jazhumbek” but their influence is limited. Изменения языковой ситуации в Вершине Иркутской области в условиях польско-русского билингвизма Вершина была основана в 1910 г. польскими добровольными переселенцами из Малой Польши. В истории деревни мы можем выделить три основных периода, характеризирующиеся разными социальными условиями, влияющими на выбор языка. За первые три десятилетия жители Вершины сохраняли польский язык (смесь диалектов из их родных регионов), традиции и римско-католическое вероисповедание. Вершининцы (как они сами называют себя) почувствовали последствия Октябрьской революции и политические изменения только в конце 30-х гг. ХХ века. Вершина потеряла прежнюю этнокультурную гомогенность ...