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Zhytomyr Oblast

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Zhytomyr Oblast is a region in Ukraine that was partly occupied during the 2022 Russian invasion until Russian troops were completely repulsed by 4 April 2022.[1][2] Ukrainian is the only official language across the entire territory of the oblast.[3]

Key facts and history

The region contains 58 monuments of national significance.[4] On 20 December 2018, the Zhytomyr Oblast Council imposed a moratorium on public use of Russian-language cultural products.[5] A 2018 Rating poll found that 74% of residents believed Ukrainian should be the only state language across all of Ukraine.[6] On 18 November 2022, the Zhytomyr Oblast Military Administration approved a programme to strengthen the Ukrainian language in public life for 2022–2025.[7]

In the 2023–2024 school year, all 133,037 pupils in general secondary education were taught in Ukrainian-language classes.[8] Situated in Radomyshl, a town roughly 90 km from Kyiv, the Museum of Ukrainian home icons is the sole institution of its kind across Europe.[9] Data from the 1970 and 1989 censuses show that the proportion of Ukrainian speakers in Zhytomyr Oblast fell, while the proportion of Russian speakers rose, a trend linked to the Russification of Ukraine during the Soviet period.[10] Zhytomyr, the oblast's largest city, had a population of 266.9 thousand as of 1 January 2022.[11]

What the cited sources add

A 4 April 2022 report from Ukrayinska Pravda, quoting the Head of Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration Vitalii Bunechko, states that Russian occupying forces were completely absent from the region as of that date.[2] According to the head of the Zhytomyr Regional Military administration, by 4 April 2022, Russian forces had been pushed back beyond the borders where they had been stationed, and no occupying troops remained in the region.[2]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Zhytomyr Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zhytomyr region is liberated from Russian troops - the head of the Regional Military administration, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 April 2022); Zhytomyr region is liberated from Russian troops - the head of the Regional Military administration, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 April 2022) (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Zhytomyr region is liberated from Russian troops - the head of the Regional Military administration, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 April 2022). facts only, no text reused. pravda.com.ua
  3. Wikipedia, "Zhytomyr Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Про забезпечення функціонування української мови як державної" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Zhytomyr Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, 26 March 2025 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Zhytomyr Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Влада Житомирської області наклала мораторій на російськомовний культурний продукт", Radio Liberty (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Zhytomyr 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
  7. Wikipedia, "Zhytomyr Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Oбласна програма розвитку української мови в усіх сферах суспільного життя Житомирської області на 2022—2025 роки", Житомирська обласна військова адміністрація, 2022-11-18 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Zhytomyr 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
  9. Wikipedia, "Zhytomyr Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Богомолець. О. "Замок-музей Радомисль на Шляху Королів Via Regia". — Київ, 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Zhytomyr Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Динамика численности этнических украинцев в УССР: на основе итогов Всесоюзных переписей населения 1959 г., 1970 г. и 1979 г."; Итоги Всесоюзной переписи населения 1959 года: Украинская ССР, стр. 168—193; Численность и состав населения СССР: по данным Всесоюзной переписи населения 1979 года. Центральное статистическое управление СССР, 1984; Чорний С. Національний склад населення України в ХХ сторіччі (2001); Итоги Всесоюзной переписи населения 1970 года. Том IV — М., Статистика, 1973; "Всеукраїнський перепис населення 2001. Розподіл нас en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Zhytomyr Oblast" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 — Державна служба статистики України (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

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