Posted on 08/30/2023 2:28:28 PM PDT by MeganC
Kharkiv is one of the cities in Ukraine eliminating traces of the country's Soviet past by removing Russian art, symbols, books and language.
Few cities in Ukraine are making as much effort as Kharkiv, a city with a Russian-speaking tradition, to erase its past.
Hundreds of streets with Soviet names have been renamed, dozens of monuments demolished and countless books written in Ukrainian have replaced Russian ones on bookshelves.
"These books have a therapeutic effect on people," explained historian and book publisher, Oleksandr Savchuk. "That is, a person seems to get some protection by reading that in fact, Ukrainian culture exists, Ukrainian art exists, the state of Ukraine exists, and there are outstanding artists, painters, architects, sculptors, and public figures among Ukrainians. All of this is about us. This is to acquire identity. That's why people buy these books."
Russia's full-scale invasion prompted many citizens to turn to the Ukrainian language.
"When I said something in Russian (at the beginning of the invasion), it felt like an unpleasant taste in my mouth, as if I had eaten something rotten," said Mykola Kolomiets, an artist and teacher.
Natalya Denisova is the artistic director and puppet creator at the Kharkiv State Academic Puppet Theatre. She admits that after 18 months of war, it is difficult to hold a calm debate on the use of the invader's language, but she's not in favour of wiping it out:
"People have lived with this language. Sometimes it was strongly imposed. It so happened that, willingly or unwillingly, people mostly spoke Russian. And if we say that it happened by force, that the Russian language was forced here, I doubt we should force it out. Then we are no different from each other."
Fuelled by Russian bombs and by the Ukrainian authorities, the war accelerated the derussification process that began after the fall of the Soviet Union.
No one cares. I’m focused on my country and my citizens. I don’t care if Ukraine was nuked from orbit.
And I don’t care if Russia gets nuked from Beijing.
So there.
Ethnic cleansing
“Ethnic cleansing”
Most Russians could stand a bath, I agree.
Thanks for finally admitting you are a CCP stooge.
Say hello to Xi next time you bow to him.
You Ukraine war shills really are hilarious. My non-support of Ukraine does not equal support for Russia. I've said this a million times. I don't want indigenous white Europeans dying for war-mongering Oligarchs and Globalists fighting petty conflicts.
You pro-Russia types sure love your logical fallacies, don’t you?
To: entropy12
I don’t want to see Russia conquered. I want it eradicated.
37 posted on 6/19/2023, 11:09:36 AM by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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Your derangement and wish for genocide is duly noted.
Ukrainians were Soviets also (or Nazis).
Like Kramer in that Seinfeld AIDS ribbon episode you can get into trouble because … YOU MUST WEAR THE RIBBON!
“Long overdue”
Ukrainians seem to be taking the right steps as they move toward sovereignty, freedom and self-determination for Ukraine
We don't support giving billions of U.S. tax-dollars to a puppet regime that's fighting a war just to hide the stench of corruption from the Biden family and his cronies.
There's no sides taken here....we just don't want war and agitate the world's largest nuclear power.
Not sure where you're getting your "logical fallacy" from.
About as intelligent a comment as I would expect.
I don’t care which side wins the war, as long as it’s not Russia.
Oh look a BLM supporter who enjoys having statues torn down
“Ethnic cleansing”
Breaks human rights agreements, but Ukraine doesn’t need to worry about that, since they’ve got the Neocons at their backs.
...for now.
“Oh look a BLM supporter who enjoys having statues torn down”
Oh look, you’re a raging card carrying Communist Stalin supporter who defends statues of your favorite mass murderer.
(See? I can do that too.)
Non-sequitur.
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