A Sociocultural Profile of Soviet Nationalities (cont.)

Linguistic processes play an important role in the interaction and mutual enrichment of the national cultures of the Soviet peoples. Linguistic aspects of the social life of the multinational Soviet state necessarily occupy a prominent place owing to the extreme variety of its ethnolinguistic situation. The peoples populating the country speak more than 130 languages. National literatures thrive in 78 languages, plays are performed in the country's theaters in 42, newspapers are published in 46, textbooks for general education schools are printed in 52, and radio broadcasts are transmitted in 67.1

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