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LAW OF THE TURKMEN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC

of May 24, 1990 No. 202-XII

About language

Language is one of the determining factors of national identity of the people. to the integral signs of the nation. Turkmen языкязык the primordial population and the vast majority of citizens of the Turkmen SSR, one of the classic Turkic languages in which outstanding cultural values, written monuments are created.

All questions connected with ensuring development, use and protection of Turkmen enter competence of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. For the purpose of assistance to all-round development of spiritual creativity of the Turkmen people, guaranteeing its sovereign and state future this Law assigns to Turkmen the status of state language in all territory of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. Giving to Turkmen of the status state creates basis for protection and all-round development of Turkmen and literature.

The law of the Turkmen SSR on language corresponds to Law USSR provisions "About languages of the people of the USSR".

Russian is recognized official language of the USSR and is used as means of international communication.

This law provides legal guarantees of free development and use Turkmen as state language of the Turkmen SSR, Russian as means of international communication, and also languages of other people living in the territory of the republic.

The law on languages does not regulate application of languages in life, about interpersonal communication, in the organizations and the organizations Armed Hoarsed, and also during the implementing of religious activities and departure of religious practices.

Chapter I. General provisions

Article 1. State language of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic is Turkmen.

The Turkmen SSR performs the state protection of Turkmen and shows care of its every possible development and active application in state bodies and public organizations, in economy, national education, culture, the equipment, about services industries, mass information and other spheres of public life.

Fixing to Turkmen of the status of state language does not infringe at constitutional rights of citizens of other nationalities Living in the Turkmen SSR to use language of the nationality.

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