Ukrzaliznytsia de-Russifies 82 railway objects in 2023 on language commissioner’s request
Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine's state-owned railway operator, reported that it de-Russified 82 railway infrastructure objects in 2023.
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Kharkiv renames Pushkin’s street after Ukraine’s philosopher Skovoroda, cutting ties with the Soviet past
On 26 January 2024, the Kharkiv city council voted to change 65 Soviet street names linked to Russia, including Pushkinska Street.
Kyivans voted to de-Sovietize two metro station names, following 200 renamed streets
The Kyiv metro station of The Friendship of Peoples will be renamed to Zvirynetska, which is the historical…
Services in Ukrainian by default: new phase of language law sparks debate
Current situation with Ukrainian: spoken at home but still often unpopular in public Although the situation has improved…
Russia ‘for first time in its history’ has lost its monopoly on the Russian language, Zhadan says
The bilingual Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan, who writes exclusively in Ukrainian, says that Russia “for the first time…
Tatarstan’s efforts to help Gagauz de-Russify outrage some in Moscow
In an article entitled “Incompetence or Betrayal? Gagauzia Learns to De-Russify from Tatarstan,” Ivan Shilov calls attention to…