<aside> <img src="/icons/book-closed_gray.svg" alt="/icons/book-closed_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Before we begin exploring why it is wrong to speak russian these days, let’s take a look at what was happening in the past.

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1627 - The burning of all copies of “Didactic gospels” by Kyrylo Stavrovetsky.

1690 - Anathema of the Orthodox Church of "Kyiv's New books" by Petro Mohyla, Kyryla Stavrovetsky, Symeon Polotsky, Lazar Baranovych.

1720 - Prohibition to print in the Ukrainian language and withdrawal of Ukrainian texts from church books.

1784 - Order to punish students and dismiss tutors of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy for not using the russian language.

1863 - Valuyev Circular - ban on giving censor permission for printing of Ukr-language spiritual & popular educational literature.

1876 - Emsk Decree -ban on printing & import of literature in Ukrainian from abroad, ban on performances & print of music notes of folk songs in Ukrainian.