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Ukrainian and Russian (and Polish) are spoken within the borders that today are called Ukraine, and are not the same language...
by mrybczyn 8y ago
Ukrainian and Russian (and Polish) are spoken within the borders that today are called Ukraine, and are not the same language...
- pavel_lishin 8y agoRussia worked very hard to ensure that Russian was the dominant language in most Soviet countries, and tried to stamp out local languages as much as was feasible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Russian_language_in_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Russian_languag...
- mantas 8y agoRussian was the dominant language in pre-war Ukraine. Many people identifying as Ukrainians preferred it in their daily affairs. Ukrainian language made a massive comeback in the past few years though.