Many researchers have written on the nationality policy and the language policy, which was a part of it, carried out in the first years of the establishment of the USSR. The policy pursued by the Soviet government at that time was called the policy of Korenizatsiya (localisation). In general, it can be said that this policy brought good results for the peoples of the USSR other than Russians and their languages. Because the conditions for the development of local languages were more favourable during the Korenizatsiya period than in previous periods. During this period, state publications began to be made in Kyrgyz, the First Turkology Congress was organised in Baku, alphabet studies were carried out, the first textbooks in Kyrgyz were printed, the official status of Kyrgyz language was determined in the Constitution, and the use of Kyrgyz language in court, administration, economy, culture and education institutions was opened to a certain extent. However, the process of Korenizatsiya initiated in the 1920s was not continued to the end and the intellectuals who had contributed to the process of Korenizatsiya were persecuted in 1937-1938 and many of them were shot. Subsequently, the prestige of Russians in the USSR began to grow, and Russian became the common written and spoken language of the USSR. All this negatively affected the development of languages other than Russian and this situation.
Korenizatsiya (localisation), USSR, Language policy, Kyrgyz language