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the Russian language; he straightforwardly supported the development of an informal organization Qazaq tili qoghamy( Kazakh language society) devoted to the development of the role of Kazakh language in society 9. So, Kazakhs were allowed to retain their indigeneity. In the case of post-Soviet Kazakhstan, the‘ indigenization’ of the country is represented by wresting control from Russian domination. If we consider that colonial subject is also produced by language, then Kazakh’ s public use of Russian language gives Russia an opportunity to use dominant discourses to its advantage. Kazakhstan’ s current tendencies to overcome Russification are similar to the model of Gramscian‘ counter-hegemonic’ politics. The critical point here is that the counter-hegemonic struggle of Kazakhs, regarding the language policy of Nazarbayev, is an attempt to re-indigenize not only Kazakhs’ language but also culture and education. The hegemony of Kazakh language can be established by developing counterhegemonic world conception. For example during the first days of its operation the Qazaq tili organization has been actively engaged in propagations of official language policy. The members( intellectuals, academics, public figures) of Qazaq tili organization emphasized counter-hegemonic world conception by claiming that Russian is a colonial language hence Kazakh should be served as the sole state language 10. Indeed the Kazakh government supported ideologies of Kazakhification, but at the same time due to the deep roots of Russian language among Kazakhstani people, there was a risk of ethnic instability. Taking into consideration the necessity of the peace and stability of multiethnic society of Kazakhstan the article 7. 2 of the 1995 constitution defines that“ in state institutions and local selfadministrative bodies the Russian language shall be officially used on equal grounds along with the Kazakh language” 11.
The civic discourse on language issues still exists in contemporary Kazakhstan. In Strategy Kazakstan 2050 President Nazarbayev
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Fierman W., op. cit., p. 410.
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Luong P. J., " The Transformation of Central Asia: States and Societies from Soviet Rule to Independence ", Cornell University Press, 2004, p. 128. 11 Section I, Article 7, point 2, Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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