Ukrainians are safeguarding their language and cultural identity in the face of Russian attempts to erase it.
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Schools are a key battleground in the Ukrainian resistance against Russia’s invasion.
Ukrainians have a long history of speaking Russian in parts of the country.
Ukrainian language education in the Canadian Prairies was shaped by shifting policies governing non-English immigrant settler language instruction in a larger settler colonial context.
It’s common for people to live near others who speak a different – but similar – language. But generally, they handle their differences without violence.
The difference between a language and dialect is just as much about politics as it is linguistics.
‘Vranyo’ is the Russian word for a lie that you tell to make yourself look good, whether people believe it or not.
Plus, a rare archive of Ukrainian dissident literature from the Soviet era is now in danger. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
To Russian nationalists, if the Ukrainian language is classified as a derivative of the Russian language, the invasion looks less like an act of aggression and more like reintegration.
History has many uses, and not all of them are noble. That’s very much the case as the public gets a crash course from politicians about Ukrainian history.
Ukraine is struggling to assert its national identity and unite against pressure from Russia.
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