Moscow becomes outraged by any Ukrainian suggestions that the Kuban has more in common with Ukraine than with the Russian Federation, suppressing the fact that until the 1930s Ukrainian was an official language there, alongside Russian, and that many Kuban Cossacks considered themselves to be ethnic Ukrainians. Indeed, as a new article on the Russian7...
Ukrainian was the official language, predominant identity in Kuban until 1930s
By Ukrainian Weekly Editor4 Mins Read