Linguistic Assimilation: Legislative Ban on the Native Language

ID Name
T0113.001 Legislative Ban on the Native Language
T0113.002 Exclusion of the Native Language from Official Use

As part of linguistic assimilation, aggressors may prohibit, at the state level, the public use of the Indigenous people's language. The issuance of official decrees, the criminalization of book printing, and the banning of theatrical performances and public speeches in the native language deprive the local population of legal mechanisms for preserving, transmitting, and developing their culture.

ID: T0113.001
Sub-technique of:  T0113
Tactic: Persistence
People: Ukrainians
Version: 1.0
Created: 21 April 2026
Last Modified: 21 April 2026

Procedure Examples

ID Name Description
C0049 Ban on the Language in Books and Public Speeches (1889–1905)

A ban on the use of the language during public cultural events: "At the unveiling of the monument to Ivan Kotliarevsky in Poltava, speeches in the Ukrainian language were not permitted"[1]. A ban on speaking Ukrainian at a scholarly congress: "In Kyiv, at the archaeological congress, papers were allowed to be read in all languages except Ukrainian"[1].

C0043 Ban on Ukrainian Book Printing (1720)

A direct decree of the ruler banning the use of the local population's native language in book printing: the "Decree of Peter I banning the printing of books in the Ukrainian language at the Kyiv-Pechersk and Chernihiv printing houses"[1].

S0008 Government

A direct decree of the ruler banning the use of the local population's native language in book printing: the "Decree of Peter I banning the printing of books in the Ukrainian language at the Kyiv-Pechersk and Chernihiv printing houses"[1].

S0008 Government

Issuance of a circular that banned the use of the language: "The Valuev Circular..."[1].

S0008 Government

Decree of Alexander II: "A ban on importing Ukrainian books from abroad, a ban on printing Ukrainian texts under musical scores, a ban on Ukrainian theatrical performances"[1].

S0008 Government

A ban on the use of the language during public cultural events: "At the unveiling of the monument to Ivan Kotliarevsky in Poltava, speeches in the Ukrainian language were not permitted"[1]. A ban on speaking Ukrainian at a scholarly congress: "In Kyiv, at the archaeological congress, papers were allowed to be read in all languages except Ukrainian"[1].

S0012 Occupation and Controlled Administrations

The White Guard command's ban on the printing and distribution of Ukrainian books in the captured territories[2].

G0009 Russian Empire

Issuance of a circular that banned the use of the language: "The Valuev Circular..."[1].

G0009 Russian Empire

Decree of Alexander II: "A ban on importing Ukrainian books from abroad, a ban on printing Ukrainian texts under musical scores, a ban on Ukrainian theatrical performances"[1].

G0009 Russian Empire

A ban on the use of the language during public cultural events: "At the unveiling of the monument to Ivan Kotliarevsky in Poltava, speeches in the Ukrainian language were not permitted"[1]. A ban on speaking Ukrainian at a scholarly congress: "In Kyiv, at the archaeological congress, papers were allowed to be read in all languages except Ukrainian"[1].

C0074 Second Armed Invasion and Resource Depletion (1919)

The White Guard command's ban on the printing and distribution of Ukrainian books in the captured territories[2].

C0047 The Ems Ukaz and Total Censorship (1876–1887)

Decree of Alexander II: "A ban on importing Ukrainian books from abroad, a ban on printing Ukrainian texts under musical scores, a ban on Ukrainian theatrical performances"[1].

C0046 The Valuev Circular: Ban on the Language and Schools (1862–1869)

Issuance of a circular that banned the use of the language: "The Valuev Circular..."[1].

G0008 Tsardom of Muscovy

A direct decree of the ruler banning the use of the local population's native language in book printing: the "Decree of Peter I banning the printing of books in the Ukrainian language at the Kyiv-Pechersk and Chernihiv printing houses"[1].

G0014 White Movement (AFSR)

The White Guard command's ban on the printing and distribution of Ukrainian books in the captured territories[2].

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