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In Belarus, the native language is vanishing as Russian takes prominence
- beretguy 2y agothe russia is a genocidal cancer.
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- protomolecule 2y agoThe article: "But all that changed in 1994, after Alexander Lukashenko, a former Soviet collective farm official, came to power. The authoritarian leader made Russian an official language, alongside Belarusian, and did away with the nationalist symbols." The truth: Lukashenko won 81% of votes in the second round of elections with voter turnout being over 70%. People were unhappy with previous reforms, including massive Belarusization.[0] The decisions to make Russian the second official language and to change the state symbols were made through referendum on which 3/4 of votes were 'yes'. [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusian_language#Post-1991 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusian_language#Post-1991 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Belarusian_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Belarusian_referendum