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Revision as of 21:25, 20 July 2006 by Mbuk (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)- This article is about the ethnic policy of the governments. For localization into Ukrainian language and locale, see Ukrainization (computers).
Ukrainization (or Ukrainianization) was the policy conducted by the Bolshevik party and the Government of the Ukrainian SSR during 1920s and early 1930s to increase the presence of Ukrainian within schools, the press, and other educational and cultural institutions as well as in administration. Ukrainization was a temporal policy forced by the hostile attitude of the Ukrainian population to the Communist regime. The true objective of this policy was a strengthening of Soviet power in Ukraine.
Some scolars also use this term in reference to the policy of the Communist regime in Western Ukraine after its annexation to the Soviet Union in 1939 and the policy of the Government of the Ukrainian SSR in Cremea after its transfer from Russian SFSR to Ukrainian SSR in 1954.