In the Russian Empire, kulishivka was used until the Ems Act of 1876. Instead, a spelling was introduced that "would not deviate from the Russian pronunciation of letters." This spelling was called "yerizhka" (from the letter y - yeri introduced in it), later it was called "yarizhka". This change in the name was explained by Ahatanhel Krymskyi: "… the word "yaryzhka "should define something bureaucratic, state, forcibly imposed."