Alexander Korshunov, "Language is an important carrier of historical memory"

Books in Russian, Moldovan and Ukrainian. Publications in German, French, English and Old Slavonic – are also in the repository of the Central Library of the city of Bendery, the spines of books are lined up in even rows. The oldest ones are in special cabinets. There are real rarities here. Its value is not only in the number of years that this or that publication has, these paper pages store the history and culture of peoples.

The Central Library of Bendery that turned 120 years old this year has many rare publications. Library keepers say that they can be used to track how the language developed. Librarians make their observations, for the most part, based on books published in Russian.

They say that in language as in fashion a lot depends on the place of residence of the bearer of culture and language. Some words are unique to a particular region. The Pridnestrovian Russian language has its own characteristics.

Representatives of 72 nationalities and nationalities live on the territory of a small Pridnestrovie today. Three languages ​​are recognized as official in the republic: Russian, Ukrainian and Moldavian. Representatives of other nationalities where live compactly still support their language, traditions and culture. For example, schools conduct optional classes in the Bulgarian language in the Bulgarian village of Parkany. Such support and protection of the languages ​​of nationalities and ethnic groups was enshrined in the Declaration of Sovereignty of the PMR, which was adopted at the first session of the Supreme Council of Pridnestrovie of the first convocation in December 1990, and in 1992 enshrined in the law "On Languages ​​in the PMR", emphasized the Chairman of the Supreme Council Alexander Korshunov.

International Mother Language Day like the next 10 years at the suggestion of the UN General Assembly will be dedicated to the languages ​​of the world's indigenous peoples from 2022. All the while the efforts of the international community will be focused on the rights of speakers of indigenous languages, on the preservation of the linguistic heritage and the inclusion of programs for the study of these languages ​​in the educational process. There are endangered languages ​​in almost all countries of the world today, Moldavian on the Cyrillic script in Pridnestrovie.