From pyz at brama.com Sun Sep 13 11:23:38 2009 From: pyz at brama.com (Max Pyziur) Date: Sun Sep 13 11:26:04 2009 Subject: [mova] NY Times - "The Retreat of the Tongue of the Czars" Message-ID: The Retreat of the Tongue of the Czars http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/weekinreview/13levy.html Russia's shrinking linguistic empire http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/09/12/weekinreview/13levy_graphic.html fyi, MP pyz@brama.com From pyz at brama.com Sun Sep 13 11:27:09 2009 From: pyz at brama.com (Max Pyziur) Date: Sun Sep 13 11:30:05 2009 Subject: [mova] Email to the NY Times re: "Retreat of the Tongue of the Czars" Message-ID: fyi, MP pyz@brama.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:19:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Max Pyziur To: levy@nytimes.com Subject: re: "Retreat of the Tongue of the Czars" Greetings, While I recognize that your article is a general interest piece, I think that it would have been useful to offer a little more information. Specifically, with respect to Ukraine, the Ukrainianization (use of the Ukrainian language) is made a high priority in the tenth article of the country's constitution. "Article 10 * The state language of Ukraine is the Ukrainian language. * The State ensures the comprehensive development and functioning of the Ukrainian language in all spheres of social life throughout the entire territory of Ukraine. * In Ukraine, the free development, use and protection of Russian, and other languages of national minorities of Ukraine, is guaranteed. * The State promotes the learning of languages of international communication. * The use of languages in Ukraine is guaranteed by the Constitution of Ukraine and is determined by law. " http://www.rada.gov.ua/const/conengl.htm fyi, Max Pyziur BRAMA - Gateway Ukraine pyz@brama.com http://www.brama.com/