Language Policy and National Feeling in Context Ukraine's Euromaidan, 2014-2016
Journal: Central European Papers
Year: 2017

Ukraine is the best example of "nationalizing" nationalism. During its twenty-fi ve year old existence the language question -in addition to historical approach and ethnical identity -has belonged to the unclosed questions of personal and group identity, and represents one of the central themes of political struggle. Offi cial Ukrainian language policy permanently wants to promote the use of Ukrainian or Russian by overshadowing one or the other. Measures regulating language use have never been