A push to increase Ukrainian-language content on online encyclopedia Wikipedia has resulted in over 1,000 new pages being created in the space of three days, independent news agency Interfax has reported.
The preservation of the Ukrainian language has been a priority of the Ukrainian government since toppling pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych in early 2014. While Russian is widely spoken in eastern Ukraine and Crimea and was promoted across the country when it was a Soviet Republic, Ukrainian is the only official language in the country today.
According to the spokeswoman of Wikimedia Ukraine, Elena Zaharyan, January marked three different anniversaries …read more
Source: Newsweek
