Ivan der Stul the OSCE high commissioner visited Ukraine in July of 2000. His major goal was to find out how the national minorities' rights for the language are insured by the state. It is not fortuitous. This issue is now often raised by the angry and exultant advocates of the two-state language status as well as by the ardent supporters of the single state language. It is perhaps of the sociology's priority to figure out the truth.
Individuals tend to make assumptions that are based on the emotions.
They brought off the annual polls during 1994-1999. 1800 individuals were questioned annually. The given charts reveal no change occurred in the number of people using Ukrainian language during the 1994-1999. It is also known that attitude towards Ukrainian varies by region. In the East and South the usage of the Ukrainian language is quite rare.