Posted on 03/17/2022 1:59:28 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Sitcom that launched the man of the hour into international prominence. Humble school teacher becomes President of Ukraine, because power elites decided to allow a fair election just for fun.
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Like recent generations of Irish have stopped speaking English in favor of Gaelic? Plenty of historical grudges against the British, but English still dominates culturally.
Got up to Episode 12, and no butt humping whatever so far.
Yep. Ukrainian movies and TV shows are filmed in Russian. Ukrainian pop stars sing in Russian. If you want to have an audience for your entertainment, you speak Russian.
Another reason why it was such a slap in the face to vast segments of the population when they made Ukrainian the official language. Not every Ukrainian speaks it. Everyone speaks Russian.
So how many Ukrianians speak Ukrainian as their first language?
Here's a breakdown.
Yeah Russian is dominant. Makes sense for all of their programs to be in Russian.
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