RĒZEKNE, Latvia (AN) – In a classroom at Rēzekne State Gymnasium No. 1, Maksimilian Savickis switches between two versions of himself.
He struggles to speak and write in Latvian as quickly and precisely as required, sometimes reverting to Russian. Inwardly, the 18-year-old senior says, the Russian he speaks with his family at home carries the most emotional weight. He went to a Russian-language school until seventh grade, and his studies have suffered since the language was banned.
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