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Language policy in Ukraine is based on its Constitution, international treaties and on domestic legislation.According to article 10 of the Constitution, Ukrainian is the official language of Ukraine, and the state shall ensure the comprehensive development and functioning of the Ukrainian language in all spheres of social life throughout the entire territory of the country.
The first new waves of Russian settlers onto what is now Ukrainian territory came in the late-16th century to the empty lands of Slobozhanshchyna [7] (in the region of Kharkiv) that Russia had gained from the Tatars, [8] or from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania [citation needed] - although Ukrainian peasants from the Polish-Lithuanian west escaping harsh exploitative conditions outnumbered them.
Unlike Ukraine under Russian rule, there were no administrative obstacles to the development of the Ukrainian literary language in western Ukraine, which was part of the Austrian Empire. However, due to its inferior status (the official language was first German, then Polish, the Ukrainian community lacked a Ukrainian-speaking intelligentsia ...
Alarmed by the threat of Ukrainian separatism implied by a growing number of school textbooks teaching the Ukrainian language, the Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Pyotr Valuev in 1863 issued a circular that banned the publication of religious texts and educational texts written in the Ukrainian language. [6] This ban was expanded by Tsar ...
Russia President Vladimir Putin called for a brief ceasefire in Ukraine, according to a Jan. 5 statement from the Kremlin. The call is the first major truce since Russia invaded Ukraine last February.
The Ukrainian language remained a mandatory subject of study in all Russian schools, but in many government offices preference was given to the Russian language that gave an additional impetus to the advancement of Russification. The 1979 census showed that only one third of ethnic Russians spoke the Ukrainian language fluently. [6]
Trump warned Russian President Vladimir Putin to not escalate fighting in Ukraine when he takes office, according to The Washington Post. The former president advised Putin about America’s ...
That all changed when Russia invaded Ukraine last month — an event Kunis says has changed how she embraces her Ukrainian identity. “[Russia’s invasion] happens and I can't express or explain ...