Abstract
The article highlights the peculiarities of the implementation of the Soviet language policy in the territory of the Ukrainian SSR in the 1930s. The main methods and means of implementing the process of Russification by the Soviet authorities, which began after the curtailment of Ukrainianization, are considered. A characteristic feature of the Soviet language and cultural policy was the combination offorce and ideological methods.In other words, the process of Russification under Soviet totalitarianism involved the physical destruction of the national intellectual elite, native Ukrainian speakers, the formation of preferences for the Russian-speaking population, interference with spelling, the formation of a list of forbidden words, the spread of Russian equivalents, the glorification of the Russian language as the language of the elite,the spread of the Russian language in education, science, the press and other spheres of society, etc. It is shown that this policy, which was based on mass terror, had a certain effect. It is established that the Soviet language policy in the Ukrainian SSR in the 1930s became the basis for the implementation of assimilation in the 1960s–1980s, which the Soviet authorities characterized as a process of «rapprochement of nations».The process of Russification in the educational, scientific spheres, and the press is highlighted. A detailed analysis of the available sources and materials has shown that the Soviet authorities used comprehensive approaches to Russification of the population of the Ukrainian SSR. In view of this, it was found that Ukrainian identity was significantly damaged, which has negative consequences at the present stage. In the context of this study, the Soviet language policy of the 1930s is characterized as an attempt to rapidly and forcibly assimilate Ukrainians and other ethnic groups. Given the current realities of Ukrainian state-building, the challenges of the Russian-Ukrainian war, and the importance of restoring historical memory, the study is of great theoretical and applied importance.
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