Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Distribution of Soviet Nationalities and Languages -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - The Background of Linguistic Heterogeneity -- Chapter 3 - Political Conflict and Linguistic Policy -- Chapter 4 - Demographic Factors -- Chapter 5 - Language Maintenance - Consequences of Population Changes -- Chapter 6 - T h e Bases of Bilingualism in Soviet Education -- Chapter 7 - Types of Bilingual Education -- Chapter 8 - Second Language Pedagogy - An Aspect of Language Planning -- Chapter 9 - Heterogeneity and Language Planning - Some Conclusions and Generalizations -- References and Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Index of Nationalities and Languages- Soviet and Non-Soviet -- Index of Names