Media contributions
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Title Reading Dostoyevsky in English: A Who Dunnit in Khorog, Tajikistan Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Central Eurasian Scholars & Media Inititative Media type Web Country/Territory Kyrgyzstan Date 29/05/14 Description You meet people in Khorog who read Dostoyevsky in English, and others who barely speak a word of English. Nestled in Tajikistan’s Pamir mountains, just over 2000 metres above sea level, the city of Khorog is home to a population of approximately 30,000 people, the majority of whom are native speakers of Shugni. Other predominant languages are Tajik and Russian, both of which used to be official languages. Yet since Tajik was made the country’s sole official language through President Emomali Rahmon’s 2009 law “On the state language of the Republic of Tajikistan”, it has been gaining ground at the expense of Russian, at least in official institutions. Producer/Author Brook Bolander URL cesmi.info/wp/?p=973 Persons Brook Bolander