[lg policy] Map of Ukraine showing distribution of Ukrainian speakers and Russian speakers

[Harold Schiffman]

This map accompanied an article in yesterday's NYTimes, and shows the
distribution of speakers of Ukrainian and speakers of Russian in Ukraine,
as well
as support for different factions in the current dispute.  If I remember
correctly,
the predominantly Russian-speaking areas were ceded to Ukraine by Nikita
Krushchev when he was Prime Minister.  I have never fully understood why he
would do this, or whether he had sympathies for Ukraine that were expressed
in this manner.  Does anyone on this list have any knowledge of how this
happened?

HS

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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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