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Derussification of Ukraine as cities remove symbols and culture from Soviet era
Euronews ^ | 29 August 2023 | Euronews Staff

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.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: buhbyerussia; buhbyeukies; derussification; deukrafication; globohomofication; russia; slobberukraini; sovietunion; ukraine; ussr
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To: MeganC

Expose the US political corruption in Ukraine. And then end the war.


21 posted on 08/30/2023 2:48:09 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: Sunsong

Amen to that!


22 posted on 08/30/2023 2:49:23 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Sunsong
Ukrainians seem to be taking the right steps as they move toward sovereignty, freedom and self-determination for Ukraine

Over 500,000 Ukrainians have died in this tragic war.

That's roughly the same number of Ukrainians dead in 18 months than the 4 years of the American Civil War.

And for what? So Biden's corruption doesn't hit the fan.

23 posted on 08/30/2023 2:50:26 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Don’t bother with Megan C or any other Zeepers. They are incorrigible. It’s like stacking ping pong balls in the wind. Futile. I read their diatribes for entertainment.


24 posted on 08/30/2023 2:52:01 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: MeganC

Stalin re-opened Orthodox churches while Zelensky is banning them.

Stalin was better than the current Ukraine pig government


25 posted on 08/30/2023 2:54:19 PM PDT by Rattlesnake_Snook
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To: MeganC

Non compos mentis.


26 posted on 08/30/2023 2:55:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Non compos mentis.”

Your slip is showing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_Russia


27 posted on 08/30/2023 2:57:13 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Right Brother

I know. But it’s good to brush up on my skills every now and then.


28 posted on 08/30/2023 2:57:31 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Over 500,000 Ukrainians have died in this tragic war

more bogus Russian propaganda


29 posted on 08/30/2023 2:59:01 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: BobL
Breaks human rights agreements

a shameless Russian apologist complaining about human rights being violated?

now THAT'S FUNNY!!!


30 posted on 08/30/2023 3:00:59 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: Rattlesnake_Snook

“Stalin re-opened Orthodox churches while Zelensky is banning them. Stalin was better than the current Ukraine pig government”

Oh look, you really are a Stalin supporter who defends statues of your favorite mass murderer!

Geez, my original post on that was just being snarky and here you went and proved me right. I’d have rather been wrong than to think a Stalin fanboi is actually posting on FR.


31 posted on 08/30/2023 3:01:01 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: MeganC
Ukrainian war is built on lies


32 posted on 08/30/2023 3:01:33 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: canuck_conservative

“a shameless Russian apologist”

Link please.


33 posted on 08/30/2023 3:03:33 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: MeganC

Oh so you support shutting down Christian churches? Got it


34 posted on 08/30/2023 3:04:20 PM PDT by Rattlesnake_Snook
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Ukrainian war is built on lies”

For once we agree on something.

https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-do-vladimir-putins-justifications-for-going-to-war-against-ukraine-add-up/a-60917168


35 posted on 08/30/2023 3:05:25 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Rattlesnake_Snook

Straw man argument. Try again.


36 posted on 08/30/2023 3:05:56 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: MeganC

Getting pretty desperate there, aren’t ya Honey?


37 posted on 08/30/2023 3:06:28 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Interesting that during WWII Neither Churchill nor FDR put on military garb whenever a camera was around or there was some foreign cash to grift like this scumbag, gay-dancing, piano-dick-playing, running-around-naked-in grocery-stores B-grade actor and neocon/globalist puppet.

Slavo Youcrayney!

38 posted on 08/30/2023 3:08:31 PM PDT by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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To: MeganC

Says the person doing nothing but Straw man arguments LOL


39 posted on 08/30/2023 3:09:10 PM PDT by Rattlesnake_Snook
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To: 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.”

EXCELLENT!
Past time to re-establish dominant Ukrainian identity, culture and language.

“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.”

LANGUAGE IS MOST IMPORTANT:
Language expresses and reinforces culture AND influences the personal identity of those living within the culture and creates boundaries of their behavior.


40 posted on 08/30/2023 3:34:22 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine )
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