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Surzhyk: why Ukrainians are increasingly speaking a hybrid language that used to be a marker of rural backwardness

Surzhyk: why Ukrainians are increasingly speaking a hybrid language that used to be a marker of rural backwardness

Once reviled as a ‘humiliating’ Russified form of the language, now Surzhyk is emerging as a tool for Russian speakers to identify as Ukrainians.

Oleksandra Osypenko

Many Russian speakers in Ukraine have switched language – but changing perceptions may be much harder

Many Russian-speakers in the war-torn country are opting to speak Ukrainian instead.

12.06.2025 10

Oleksandra Osypenko