Russian Language in Everyday Discourse of Mongols (Data from an Expert Survey)

The results of a study conducted in 2021 and devoted to the analysis current position Russian language Mongolian society is presented article. relevance due need analyze changes taking place minds Mongols regarding language, search for further prospects its functioning Mongolia. impossibility conducting mass questionnaire survey pandemic new coronavirus infection led choice an expert as main research method. factors leading weakening positions, which include, first all, change Mongolia’s foreign policy priorities, partners, decrease Russia’s influence, processes globalization are considered It was revealed that, despite narrowing spheres Mongolia, socio-cultural potential has not been exhausted. restraining growth negative trends highlighted, namely presence educational sphere, specialists with Soviet education, common historical memory based on friendship trust. Analysis shows that development cooperation between Russia Mongolia all public life, strengthening political union, economic cultural interaction can allow become one languages modern society.