National Republics Use Native Languages to Speak of War

In Russia's national republics, the war is discussed in native languages — and it is called a war.

Consensus

In Russia's national republics, people use their native languages to discuss the war.
Residents of these republics refer to the war as 'war' without euphemisms.
People in these regions express grief, pray for peace, and mourn the deaths of soldiers.
The use of native languages allows for free expression about the war, free from official rhetoric.
A study analyzed over 53 million comments from 21,700 social media groups and channels in national republics.
Most comments in the study were in Russian, but a notable share were in minority languages.
Regions like Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, Tuva, Sakha (Yakutia), and Buryatia show active use of native languages in war-related discussions.
The study was conducted by 'Novaya-Yevropa'.

The study analyzed 53.2 million comments from 21.7 thousand social media communities and channels, identifying over 800 thousand messages in national languages of Russia. — tg_theinsider
The study focused on the main minority languages of Russia, including Bashkir, Tatar, Tuvinian, Yakut, and Buryat, and found that in some regions, non-Russian language comments made up over 10% of the total. — novaya_eu
A video obituary for Artyom Gadelshin, a Bashkir musician who died in October 2024, was published in a regional VK group, with most comments in Bashkir. — novaya_eu
The study included public pages of government institutions, news groups, and personal profiles as part of the data set. — novaya_eu