The War Over Ukrainian History and Identity
Deconstructed
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What Happened to the Ukranian Language Culture?
The soviet state supported a lot of ukranian language culture. After the solit union collapsed, that support was eradicated. And what actually happened that the market started to rule. In russian language you could sell your productionfor russia and al almost all the other parts of the former soviet union. So that zalensky shows could be watched by a much larger audience. That's a market logic. Very simple, very straightforward. The problem was that the ucranian language stopped receiving substantial state support. And it required state support.
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