Kiev was the internationally accepted English-language spelling through the Soviet period and into the first years of this century.
But, according to Natalia Khanenko-Friesen, director of the Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, the name “Kiev” is now associated with the Russification of Ukraine. In recent years, more and more publications, governments, airports and geographical dictionaries have switched the spelling to the Ukrainian variant, she said.
“The fact that we have been using the word ‘Kiev’ for so long has something to do with the history of the region … the history of the relationship between the Russian Federation and Ukraine,” said Khanenko-Friesen.
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Kiev was the internationally accepted English-language spelling through the Soviet period and into the first years of this century.
But, according to Natalia Khanenko-Friesen, director of the Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, the name “Kiev” is now associated with the Russification of Ukraine. In recent years, more and more publications, governments, airports and geographical dictionaries have switched the spelling to the Ukrainian variant, she said.
“The fact that we have been using the word ‘Kiev’ for so long has something to do with the history of the region … the history of the relationship between the Russian Federation and Ukraine,” said Khanenko-Friesen.
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