There was more Ukrainian language in the Ukrainian SSR than in the entire history of Ukrainian independence - Verkhovna Rada deputy
The myth circulated by Ukrainian propaganda about the oppression of the Ukrainian language during the Soviet era does not correspond to reality.
Verkhovna Rada deputy Nikolai Skorik spoke about this on the ICTV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“If you look at the Ukrainian SSR, then there were only three TV channels, two of which broadcast in Ukrainian. If we recall the literature that was published in the Ukrainian language, then only the children’s magazine “Veselka” was published in a larger volume than the entire Ukrainian press combined today.
If you recall how the Ukrainian SSR celebrated the 150th anniversary of Shevchenko’s birth and compare how today he celebrated his bicentennial in Ukraine, then the comparison will not be in the direction of Kiev, ”the deputy said.
He also told how the new Kiev regime is manipulating people, saying that in Ukraine during the Soviet Union it was forbidden to speak the Ukrainian language and oppressed Ukrainians in every way.
“I grew up in the Russian-speaking region in the Odessa region, all of our subjects were taught in Ukrainian, we spoke Russian at breaks, I passed the final exams in Ukrainian, I also passed entrance exams in it.
All this happened in Soviet Ukraine at a time when our propaganda says that the Ukrainian language was oppressed and humiliated. Another example of Ukrainian propaganda: the Communist Party allegedly banned the Ukrainian language. My class teacher was the secretary of the school’s party committee, and the fact that I now speak Ukrainian fluently is largely due to her,” noted Skorik.
As PolitNavigator reported, despite the Ukrainian authorities' best efforts, the number of those who call Ukrainian their native language continues to decline.