Abstract
The legal status of regional or minority languages in
 Ukraine, Post-Soviet space and European understanding is studied.
 The author proves that Ukraine stretches the meaning of
 regional languages, provided by European Charter for Regional
 or Minority Languages. The regional languages rather play the
 role of the largest national minorities’ languages than disappearing
 ones in Ukraine. National minorities did not get appropriate
 protection of their language rights that is why they had to take
 advantage of international legal rules. Ukraine had to extend the
 concept of “regional language” to the largest national minorities’
 languages to use international law effectively. Thus, the legal status
 of regional languages has been changed in national language
 law.
 Thanks to European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
 the idea of regional language got implanted in language policy terminology.
 That is why the lawmakers decided not to decline it during
 new language Act working out. The Ukrainian experience exemplifies
 modification of the legal status of regional languages, its
 adaptation to language situation and has no analogs in Post-Soviet
 space.
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