FORECASTING EDUCATIONAL RELATIONS DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN CIS COUNTRIES (THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE FACTOR)

The article is devoted to the role of the Russian language as an important factor in forecasting the development of educational, cultural and scientific relations between the countries of the post-Soviet space. The contribution of educational institutions, in particular, Slavonic Universities to the formation of the unified (common) educational space of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS) is considered in the article. The Slavonic Universities in the CIS, as centres of education and culture, facilitates not only the development and mutual enrichment of the culture of peoples, formation of unified educational space but also the integration in the field of economy and science. These educational establishments also play a specific role in the spread of Russian literature and culture in the countries of the post-Soviet space. This provides the preservation and promotion of the Russian language - the language promoting the development of information and cultural space of the CIS, the language of international communication, traditionally playing an important role in the integration processes. (C) 2017 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.UK