The status of Ukrainian as the sole state language of Ukraine has been challenged by various post-Soviet political forces since it was established 1989.

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Michael Moser is Professor of Slavic Linguistics and Philology at the University of Vienna, Ukrainian Free University at Munich, and Pázmány Péter Catholic University at Budapest. His more than 250 publications include several monographs, most recently: Prychynky do istoriyi ukrainskoyi movy (3rd edn, Nova Knyha 2012) and Taras Shevchenko i suchasna ukrayinska mova: Sproba hidnoyi otsinky (NANU et al. 2012).

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Preface Introduction 1. Loyalty toward the small large language2. The European Charter of Regional or Minority Languages in Ukraine3. Viktor Yanukovych and the Ukrainian language4. The Russian World and the "compatriots"5. The hawk in Ukrainian language policy: Vadym Kolesnichenko6. Dmytro Tabachnyk and the Ukrainian language in the educational sphere7. Olena Bondarenko and the Ukrainian language in the electronic media8. The draft law of 7 September 20109. Anticipating the law: Serhiy Kivalov, the Constitutional Court, and the Ukrainian language in the courts of law10. Vadym Kolesnichenko's and Serhiy Kivalov's draft law "On Principles of the State Language Policy"11. Summary and outlookBibliography