Growing up in the bilingual city of Kyiv in the 1990s, I studied the Ukrainian language like a museum object—intensely, but at a distance, never quite feeling all of its textures or bringing it home.

Olha Tytarenko joined the Yale faculty in spring 2024 with the intention of introducing a formal Ukrainian language program at the University. In the fall semester, the Slavic Languages and ...

In occupied parts of Ukraine, Russian forces have imposed a new Moscow-backed school curriculum, eliminating lessons in Ukrainian language and culture. But teachers who are dedicated to preserving ...

From the start of the Donbas war in 2014 to the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to justify Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine by citing the ...