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This book is an attempt to answer the question: Why is our relationship with languages the way it is? Why are there still people who are ashamed to speak the language of their parents or grandparents? Why are we ashamed of our native dialects? Why do some of us still believe that language is a neutral thing in itself, and that it is normal not to know the language of your own country? Why are so many languages dying on the territory of modern Russia right now? Why does one language seem superior to another and another inferior? The Sword Language describes the linguistic reality of the USSR in one hundred small chapters. You can start reading the book from any chapter. This is a popular science publication for a wide range of readers about language relations in the Soviet period.

The Sword Language is not a call to wield language like a sword. This book describes how Russian became a sword in the Soviet Union. In the fight against empires, the mother tongue must become a shield.