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@letoii - I'm not sure what region of Ukraine you were in, but Ukrainian is the ONLY national language of Ukraine. It is also spoken by emigrants from Ukraine in Canada, Australia, USA, Brazil and by minorities in Belarus and in Russia. The number of speakers exceeds 38 million people.
Not criticizing anyone, but "the Ukraine" is not correct when referring to the country of Ukraine. It's a bit of a peev of mine and something that I find myself educating others about often. If anyone's interested in why, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ukraine#The_Ukraine
BTW, there's nothing wrong with Russian if you're Russian. But if you're something else, then be something else. Stay true to your people.
More history...
The recorded history of the Ukrainian language dates back to 988 when Ukraine was converted to Orthodoxy by Olga. However, countries that have taken control of Ukraine (Russia and Poland) have tried to silence the language and has even gone as far as to make Ukrainian print illegal.
The Ukrainian vocabulary is based on the colloquial language. The language policy is mainly to create new words using the native roots instead of acquiring foreign ones. This makes the language more pure in the terms of science and technology. Still, a great lot of Russian words were borrowed into Ukrainian in the last three centuries.
Since Ukraine declared her independence from the USSR in 1991, more and more Ukrainians are feeling comfortable speaking it again. Unfortunately, in some areas of Ukraine (primarily Eastern), the Ukrainian language is spoken with a lot of Russian words.
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