Ukrainian Russophones’ Engagement with Language Education Policies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11048074 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Vozna (0000-0002-7745-5017, University of Ottawa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nationalities Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/nps.2025.10110 |
| OpenAlex | W4415213925 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
The study explores the engagement of Russophone Ukrainians with educational policies that increase the status of the Ukrainian language, the standardized tests of Ukrainian, and the subject tests that could be passed in Ukrainian. It argues that this centralized unitary language policy has received support from Russophones. It does so by analyzing the language choices of Russophone students when taking standardized tests in various subjects, as well as admission policies and discussions of relevant policies in local media and social media of the Russophone city of Kharkiv. It shows that following the introduction of standardized tests, the value of Ukrainian has increased across various actors: students have been choosing Ukrainian more, universities have valued Ukrainian in the admission process, and local citizens have defended the status of Ukrainian, relying on decolonial rhetoric. It shows that the decolonial framing of the Ukrainization policies resonated with Russophones enough for them to support them, and not to result in a backlash
Accountability · Framing (construction · Language policy · Standardized test · Subject (documents · Ukrainian · Unitary state · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Multilingual Education and Policy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
Ukrainian, Russophone, (Other) Russian
Language and Identity in post-Soviet Ukraine
Europeanizing the Ukrainian-Russian border
Language Policy in Ukraine
The formal and the informal
Standard Ukrainian in the multilingual context
Language Politics in Education and the Response of the Russians in Ukraine
Identity in formation
Interpreting "Nationality" and "Language" in the 2001 Ukrainian Census
Shedding Russianness, recasting Ukrainianness
Believing Facts in the Fog of War
A Theory of Endogenous Institutional Change
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |