Children educated in Crimea since its illegal annexation will soon graduate, and most won’t have studied Ukrainian. How will they be integrated into the Ukrainian-speaking mainland after liberation?

There is now an intensive effort within the Ukrainian government system to ensure that the moment liberation comes, there is a structure so that key elements of everyday life keep operating and do not simply stop. Crimea’s reintegration into the rest of Ukraine will encompass a wide range of challenges, from the public servants being readied to administer the peninsula, to other sensitive issues like justice, and the treatment of collaborators.

The question of language is intertwined with many of these issues and is exercising the Ukrainian authorities.

  • 0x815@feddit.deOP
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    1 year ago

    @wolf6152

    So no matter what side wins, you’re going to a reeducation camp. Awesome……

    Ukrainians are breaking their ties with the Russian language

    In Kharkiv, a historically Russian-speaking city in eastern Ukraine, just 25 miles from the Russian border, Ukrainian classes are in high demand. Waiters, hairdressers and shopkeepers have stopped using Russian. Ukrainian language books are flying off the shelves, and local publishers are struggling to keep up with orders.

    One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s central — and false — justifications for invading Ukraine, that he was defending Russian-speaking people, has backfired dramatically.

    In cities across Ukraine, people started bringing their Russian literature to local recycling stations to be shredded and converted into toilet paper. Street names have been changed to honor Ukrainian heroes instead of Russian writers. Russian dishes, like pelmeni dumplings, have been relabeled on restaurant menus. Radio stations stopped playing songs by Russian artists, long popular in Ukraine.