Proposed new variant subtag: pre1917

[Michael Everson]

On 15 Sep 2010, at 07:01, Yury Tarasievich wrote:

> Also, frankly, Shakhmatov isn't widely known in connection with this, rather Lunacharsky (people's commissar of education).

Well, at http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Реформа_русской_орфографии_1918_года Lunačarskij's name appears twice, and Šaxmatov's name appears twice. 

But at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforms_of_Russian_orthography Šaxmatov's name appears once only and Lunačarskij's not at all.  

The German http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russische_Rechtschreibreform_von_1918 cites only the "Volkskommissar für Bildung", and the Ukrainian http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Реформа_російської_орфографії_1918 refers only to Šaxmatov.

The Russian article does specify Lunačarskij as the author of the decree "Декретъ о введеніи новаго правописанія" in «Газета Временнаго Рабочаго и Крестьянскаго Правительства». 23 декабря (5 января) декабря 1917, № 40, стр. 1.


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