ABSTRACT

Despite being a multicultural country throughout its history, the Russian Federation has long struggled to embrace its diversity. As a result, the country’s many cultural, religious, and ethnic minority groups have been going through waves of assimilationist policies and practices. Assimilation into the Russian society enforced through formal schooling, daily life, and mass media has led to a destruction of Indigenous lifestyles, cultures, identities, and languages. This article explores the views of Russia’s Indigenous people regarding the country’s education system and its ability to support the cultural revival of Indigenous groups as well as the healing of the trauma that emerged from historical oppression. Within the scope of this article, we investigate the views of two Indigenous groups: Mari and Karelian peoples. Their insights show that despite the decrease in discrimination, the education system has not yet changed its assimilative tendencies.

摘要

尽管在其历史上一直是一个多元文化的国家，但俄罗斯联邦长期以来一直在努力接受其多样性。结果，该国的许多文化、宗教和少数民族群体一直在经历一波又一波的同化政策和实践。通过正规学校教育、日常生活和大众媒体强制融入俄罗斯社会，导致原住民生活方式、文化、身份和语言遭到破坏。本文探讨了俄罗斯土著人民对该国教育体系及其支持土著群体文化复兴的能力以及治愈历史压迫所产生的创伤的看法。在本文的范围内，我们调查了两个土著群体的观点：马里人和卡累利阿人。