Kyiv Schools Will Not Teach Russian Making Room for English

It will take a lot more effort to make the whole country switch as well

24 August 2022

Oksana Forostyna

Marcin Król Fellow

While Russian has been Ukraine’s lingua franca for decades, it has now been pushed aside making room for English.

In mid-August, the Ukrainian government announced a bill to grant the English language new status in Ukraine. The draft proposes the status of English as the language of international communications, the expansion of English usage in general, and the mandatory usage of English in public life regarding international communications. 

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Oksana Forostyna

Marcin Król Fellow

Marcin Król Fellow at Visegrad Insight. Co-founder of Yakaboo Publishing, an editor, translator and writer contributing to publications such as Krytyka Journal (Ukraine) and The European Review of Books. Her focus is on Ukrainian and regional politics as well as disinformation’s impact on societies.

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