Legislative Ban on the Native Language

in the campaign “The Valuev Circular: Ban on the Language and Schools (1862–1869)”

Valuev's secret circular to the censorship committees (18 July 1863), which halted printing in the native language: "the clearance of books in the Little Russian language, whether of religious content, educational, or generally intended for the people's elementary reading, is to be suspended"[1].

ID: C0046.T0113.001
Start: January 1862
End: December 1869
Contributors: decolonial.ist project

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