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s3e5: 'My mother tongue tastes like ashes. Things scorched by enemy fire, then soaked with rain, touched with rot, smelling of death. I felt the taste of my mother tongue most acutely while driving through Borodianka, Bucha, and Irpin two months after these Ukrainian towns in the Kyiv region were liberated by the Ukrainian army from the Russians’ “brotherly” embrace. Russian is my mother tongue, and liberation means ripping it out of my throat.'
There's so much talk about russian-speaking Ukrainians abroad. But how often have you heard actual russian-speaking Ukrainians being part of those conversations? It is rhetorical. The language issue is at the epicenter of understanding the Ukrainian decolonization journey. And Ukrainians who are or used to speak Russian as their first language are the most critical voices to explain it. We invite back Ukrainian scholar Sasha Dovzhyk to discuss her sensational essay 'Mother Tongue: The Story of a Ukrainian Language Convert' and share truths about russian-speaking Ukrainians with the rest of the world.
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nadiia. everything passes but ukraine
oleksandra. russia stole ukrainian culture
kateryna. unbreakable ukrainian creativity
vlad. ukrainian endurance, explained
leila & joey. middle east, we see you
peter. south sudan, we see you
ihor & asami. japan, we see you
alice. ukraine is diverse af
bota. qazaqstan, we see you
bektour. kyrgyzstan, we see you
ruslana & sarah. the queerness at ukraine frontlines
anka. big witch energy
oksana. don’t you dare to look away
sevgil. crimea is ukraine
olek & aurora. taiwan, we see you
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