Aggressors may deliberately destroy the educational, scientific, and theological institutions of an Indigenous people. Eliminating local academic schools, banning the publication of literature, and officially declaring the works of local thinkers heretical or extremist allows the colonizer to artificially sever intellectual continuity. This deprives the colonized society of its own cultural foundation and creates a vacuum that is immediately filled by the educational and ideological standards of the metropole.
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C0008 | Annexation of the Kyiv Metropolis by the Moscow Patriarchate (1685–1690) |
The destruction of the Kyiv theological school and the declaration of its works as heresy: "All Ukrainian writings, beginning with the catechism of Petro Mohyla, were declared heretical... the council condemned virtually all the principal works of Kyivan theological scholarship"[1][2]. |
| C0049 | Ban on the Language in Books and Public Speeches (1889–1905) |
Destruction of the foundation for teaching children in their native language: "A ban on the Ukrainian primer and Ukrainian books for children"[3]. |
| S0008 | Government |
Destruction of the foundation for teaching children in their native language: "A ban on the Ukrainian primer and Ukrainian books for children"[3]. |
| S0011 | Moscow Patriarchate |
The destruction of the Kyiv theological school and the declaration of its works as heresy: "All Ukrainian writings, beginning with the catechism of Petro Mohyla, were declared heretical... the council condemned virtually all the principal works of Kyivan theological scholarship"[1][2]. |
| G0009 | Russian Empire |
Destruction of the foundation for teaching children in their native language: "A ban on the Ukrainian primer and Ukrainian books for children"[3]. |
| G0008 | Tsardom of Muscovy |
The destruction of the Kyiv theological school and the declaration of its works as heresy: "All Ukrainian writings, beginning with the catechism of Petro Mohyla, were declared heretical... the council condemned virtually all the principal works of Kyivan theological scholarship"[1][2]. |