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Until last November Ukraine 19 million copies of Soviet-era or Russian books were removed from their libraries. This of parliament humanitarian and information deputy chairman of the policy committee Yevgenia Kravchuk said. According to him, 11 million out of 19 million books were in Russian.

“Some Ukrainian books from the Soviet era are also being removed”, – Kravchuk emphasized according to the information posted on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.

Deputy According to him, Russia against Ukraine military It is recommended to remove the books of authors who support aggression from the catalogs.

The fate of the books removed from the libraries is unknown.

Russia In 2014 of Ukraine After annexing the Crimean peninsula Kyiv restricted the use of Russian books. Since the occupation of Moscow a year ago, the process of “derussification” has accelerated.

In the middle of 2022 Ukraine restricted the distribution of Russian books. Kravchuk said that the ratio of Russian and Ukrainian books in the country’s libraries is “very regrettable”.

“Now it is necessary to renew the funds and buy Ukrainian books as soon as possible”, – said deputy Ukraine 44 percent of the books in their libraries are in Russian, the rest in Ukrainian and European Union emphasized that it is in the language of their countries.

Ukrainian is the country’s only official language and is spoken mainly or exclusively by about half of the population. It is reported that 30 percent of the population speaks mainly or only Russian.

Russian and Ukrainian belong to the group of East Slavic languages. Although most Ukrainians speak Russian, Russians who do not speak Ukrainian have difficulty understanding it.

Despite the restrictions on the use of Russian, Kyiv and in many other cities the Russian language is widespread. By law, businesses and other institutions must use only the Ukrainian language.

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