Total historical revisionism. It’s frustrating as all hell. I’ve got a friend who grew up in Ukraine this decade under fascist education and they insist that Lenin and Stalin banned the Ukrainian language.

Nevermind that in actuality Ukrainian culture flourished under Stalin and Russian chauvanism was actively combatted through government policies. Nevermind that more art and books in the Ukrainian language were created than ever before. Nah. They’re rewriting history because of feels.

“The main danger, Great-Russian chauvinism, should be kept in check by the Russians themselves, for the sake of the larger goal of building socialism. Within the (minority) nationality areas new institutions should be organized giving the state a national (minority) character everywhere, built on the use of the nationality languages in government and education, and on the recruitment and promotion of leaders from the ranks of minority groups. On the central level the nationalities should be represented in the Soviet of Nationalities.” - Stalin