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from Part II - Major other languages in Asia, their international status and impact on education
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2016
The aim of this chapter is to provide a historically and culturally grounded overview of the Russian language as a lingua franca in Far East Asia. Among the factors that contributed to the spread of Russian in the Far East are the colonization of Siberia and the Far East during the Tsarist Empire, the constitution of the USSR as a multinational state as well as Soviet language policy and the revivalist neo-communist politics of Vladimir Putin. On the other hand, the use of Russian as a means of international communication in East Asia (especially in China) is a consequence of globalization and work-related migration. However, due to the long history of conflicts between Russia and its neighbours and to the current prestige of global English, English remains the preferred lingua franca in international trade in Far East Asia.
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