re: #442 FemNaziBitch

I met a lady during one of our travels in the last year or two. A naturalized American born in the Ukraine. She said they learned Russian in school, but her parents spoke Urkaine at home. It was important to them to keep the culture alive.

I forget how many other languages she spoke.

Yeah if I remember right during Soviet times, Russian was taught in school but Ukrainians did their best to keep their Ukrainian language and culture. It’s not uncommon for people in that part of the world even the less educated to know multiple language. My great grandfather for instance could speak English, Russian, his native Slovak, and some Ukrainian. Before he emigrated here, he had worked in Siberia. Whole reason why I suspect my family has ties to Western Ukraine is his native country would have been part of the Austro-Hungarian empire but he was working in the Russian empire. It’s fascinating. I took a whole class on nationalism in the region and it was just amazing.