Khmelnytskyi Oblast
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The urban population accounted for 51% of residents, while rural residents made up 49%.[1] The entire territory of Khmelnytskyi Oblast has Ukrainian as its sole official language.[2] Data from the 2001 Ukrainian census indicates that 13.9% of the oblast's population were ethnic Ukrainians, 3.6% were ethnic Russians, and 1.6% were ethnic Poles.[3]
Key facts and history
In the 2023–2024 school year, 99.83% of pupils studied in Ukrainian-language classes, and 0.17% studied in Polish-language classes.[4] On 15 June 2022, the Khmelnytskyi Oblast Council imposed a moratorium on the public use of Russian-language cultural products.[5] In 2023, the oblast military administration approved a programme to strengthen the position of the Ukrainian language in public life for 2023–2025.[6] For every 1,000 residents in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, there are 8.3 births and 16.1 deaths.[1]
What the cited sources add
A 2018 poll by Rating found that 85% of residents believed Ukrainian should be the only state language across all of Ukraine.[7] Research by the Content Analysis Centre from August to September 2024 found that 88.8% of social media posts from the oblast were in Ukrainian, up from 41.8% in 2020.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Khmelnytskyi Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine – Khmelnytsky Region URL accessed on November 26, 2006; Ukrcensus.gov.ua – Khmel'nyts'kyi region region URL accessed on January 11, 2007 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Khmelnytskyi Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Про забезпечення функціонування української мови як державної" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Khmelnytskyi Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Етнічний склад населення України, 2001 рік; Банк даних, перепис 2001 року (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Khmelnytskyi Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Сайт Державної служби статистики України", www.ukrstat.gov.ua (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Khmelnytskyi Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Мораторій на використання російськомовного контенту на Хмельниччині: що загрожує порушникам", Суспільне, 17 June 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Khmelnytskyi Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "У Хмельницькій області діятиме програма із розвитку української мови", Славута.City, 2023-05-12; "Перелік завдань і заходів Програми розвитку та функціонування української мови як державної в усіх сферах суспільного життя у Хмельницькій області на 2023—2025 роки", Хмельницька обласна військова адміністрація, May 202 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Khmelnytskyi Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ""ПОРТРЕТИ РЕГІОНІВ": ПІДСУМКИ. Зведені дані, порівняльний аналіз між областями", Рейтинг, 2018-12-26 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Khmelnytskyi Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Частка дописів українською мовою в соцмережах зросла до 56 %, — Центр контент-аналізу", 2024-10-28; ""Радикальний прогрес". У соцмережах української стало набагато більше, — дослідження" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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