Growing up in the bilingual city of Kyiv in the 1990s, I studied the Ukrainian language like a museum object—intensely, but at a distance, never quite feeling all of its textures or bringing it home.

In occupied parts of Ukraine, Russian forces have imposed a new Moscow-backed school curriculum, eliminating lessons in Ukrainian language and culture. But teachers who are dedicated to preserving ...

Olha Tytarenko joined the Yale faculty in spring 2024 with the intention of introducing a formal Ukrainian language program at the University. In the fall semester, the Slavic Languages and ...

From the start of the Donbas war in 2014 to the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to justify Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine by citing the ...