The Issue of The Native Language in The Activities of The Turkestan Governor-Generals and Approaches to It (1867-1917)

This article examines the language issue in the communication between the Russian government and the local population in the region after the establishment of the Turkestan Governor-Generalship, the issue of training translators who understand the local language by the imperial government, and the role of language in the colonial policy of Russification of the local population. The article also provides information about the policy of the Turkestan Governor-Generals on the issue of the local language, the desire of the officials serving in the region to teach the local language based on the essence of colonialism, the language issue at the Tashkent Teachers’ Seminary, and the desire to increasthe status of the Russian language in the region by the end of the 19th century.