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    Russian is the most common first language in the Donbas and Crimea regions of Ukraine and the city of Kharkiv, and the predominant language in large cities...
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    Shortly after, pro-Russian protests began in parts of southeastern Ukraine, while unmarked Russian troops occupied Crimea. Russia soon annexed Crimea...
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    attack Ukraine, on 24 February 2022, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation", saying that it was to support the Russian-backed...
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  • from outside of Ukraine and the Ukrainian-born population declaring Russian ethnicity. Russian is the most common first language in the Donbas and Crimea...
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  • known mention of Russian-speaking people in Ukraine refer to a small ethnic sub-group of Russians known as the Goriuns who resided in Putyvl region (what...
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  • Ukrainian (українська мова, ukrainska mova, IPA: [ʊkrɐˈjinʲsʲkɐ ˈmɔʋɐ]) is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Ukraine. It is the first (native)...
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    of Ukraine speak the Ukrainian language in their personal life, at the same time 34% speak Russian, meaning that a significant portion of Ukrainian residents...
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  • Ukrainian is the official language of Ukraine, and the state shall ensure the comprehensive development and functioning of the Ukrainian language in all...
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    official language of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and is still commonly used as a lingua franca in Ukraine, Moldova...
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  • Thumbnail for Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine
    The Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine are areas of southern and eastern Ukraine that are controlled by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War...
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    February 2014, in the aftermath of the Euromaidan and the Revolution of Dignity, which resulted in the ousting of Russian-leaning Ukrainian President Viktor...
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  • Ukrainian language (Ukrainian: Староукраїнська мова) – term used by various Ukrainian and some other scholars. Lithuanian-Russian language (Russian:...
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    describe a process by which non-Ukrainians or Russian-speaking Ukrainians are assimilated to Ukrainian culture and language, either by individual choices...
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  • Thumbnail for Russia–Ukraine relations
    relations between Russia and Ukraine. The two states have been at war since Russia invaded the Crimean peninsula in February 2014, and Russian-controlled armed...
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    The Russian census identified that there were more than 5,864,000 Ukrainians living in Russia in 2015, representing over 4.01% of the total population...
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  • language in Ukraine. Before the Russian rule, there were several writing languages in Ukraine. Religious texts were dominated by the Ukrainian variant of...
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  • Thumbnail for Law of Ukraine "On protecting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language"
    Law of Ukraine "On Protecting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the State language" (Ukrainian: Закон України «Про забезпечення функціонування...
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  • Thumbnail for Ukraine
    pro-Russian unrest culminated in a war in Donbas with Russian-backed separatists and Russia. Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022...
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  • following is a list of conflicts fought between Russians and Ukrainians.   Russian/Soviet victory   Cossack/Ukrainian victory   Inconclusive/Ongoing conflict...
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  • Federation and Belarus, alongside the Ukrainian territories under Russian occupation. In addition, all imported Russian-language publications from third countries...
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  • Thumbnail for Kursk offensive (2024–2025)
    during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast...
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  • Thumbnail for Special military operation
    "SMO" or "SVO", or Russian: спецопера́ция, romanized: spetsoperatsiya, Ukrainian: спецопера́ція) is the official term used by the Russian government to describe...
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  • Russian in Ukraine may refer to: Russian language in Ukraine Russians in Ukraine Famous Ukrainians of Russian ethnicity Demographics of Ukraine Anti-Russian...
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  • Thumbnail for Languages of Russia
    There are 25 other official languages, which are used in different regions of Russia. These languages include; Ossetic, Ukrainian, Buryat, Kalmyk, Chechen...
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  • the Russian invasion of Ukraine since it began in February 2022. Russia's president Vladimir Putin seeks recognition of all occupied land as Russian, for...
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  • Thumbnail for All-Russian nation
    the Russian Empire. English-language scholarly works refer to this concept as Greater Russia, All-Russian, pan-Russian or triune Russian nation. In Russian...
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  • Thumbnail for War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Russian military and authorities have committed war crimes, such as deliberate attacks...
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  • Thumbnail for Old East Slavic
    diverged into the Russian and Ruthenian languages. Ruthenian eventually evolved into the Belarusian, Rusyn, and Ukrainian languages. The term Old East...
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  • Thumbnail for Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    In March and April 2021, prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces began massing thousands of personnel and military equipment...
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  • Thumbnail for Allegations of genocide of Ukrainians in the Russo-Ukrainian War
    Russia and its ally Belarus are committing genocide against the Ukrainian people as part of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, including the Russian annexation...
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