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instructed him to institute a program of Russification for the provinces of Ukraine, Livonia
and Finland: using light-handed methods. 163
In 1862, all Ukrainian Sunday schools, numbering over 100 at the time, were abolished and
proscribed. In 1863, minister of internal affairs Pyotr Valuyev issued the so-called Valuev
Circular, in which he stated that the Ukrainian language never existed, doesn't exist, and
cannot exist. 164
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Лизанчук В. Навічно кайдани кували. Львів, 1995 р. С.57, 60
нет, не было и быть не может
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