For centuries, Ukraine’s long struggle for statehood has been mirrored by the often troubled fate of the Ukrainian language. Oppressed and marginalized throughout the Czarist and Soviet eras, Ukrainian finally shed its second-class status in 1991 to become the official state language of newly independent Ukraine. However, the story did not end there.
Ukrainian vs. Russian Language
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Iryna Matviyishyn: Putin is the only winner of Ukraine’s language wars
Supporters of the Ukrainian language law rally in front of the Ukrainian parliament on April 25, 2019.
