US-UA Working Group Dinner II
The Plight of Ukrainians in the RF by the numbers
Presented to the 2nd Annual US-UA Working Group Dinner, held in Washington DC on July 19, 2011.
Education and Information Rights of Ukrainians in Russia and Russians in Ukraine
(comparative analysis for the period of 2009-2010/Source: UA Min FA)
| UKRAINE | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Russians in Ukraine: 8,334,141 persons (according to the census in 2001) |
Ukrainians in RF: 2,943,471 persons (according to the census in 2002) Unofficial data shows more than 10 million Ukrainians living in Russia |
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| Preschools with Russian as language of instruction | 988 | Preschools with Ukrainian as language of instruction | 0 |
| – number of students | 164,568 | – number of students | 0 |
| Schools with Russian as language of instruction | 1,154 | Schools with Ukrainian as language of instruction | 0 |
| Schools with both Ukrainian and Russian as languages of instruction | 1,543 | Schools with both Russian and Ukrainian as languages of instruction | 0 |
| Total number of students in schools with Russian as language of instruction | 779,423 | Total number of students in schools with Ukrainian as language of instruction | 0 |
| Number of school students in learning Russian Language as a compulsory school subject | 1,284,408 | Number of school students learning Ukrainian Language as a compulsory school subject | 205 |
| Number of school students learning Russian Language as an optional subject or within language courses | 147,781 | Number of school students learning Ukrainian Language as an optional subject or within language courses | 445 |
| Colleges with Russian as language of instruction | 35 | Colleges with Ukrainian as language of instruction | 0 |
| Colleges with both Ukrainian and Russian as languages of instruction | 113 | Colleges with both Russian and Ukrainian as languages of instruction | 0 |
| Total number of students in colleges with Russian as language of instruction | 51,685 | Total number of students in colleges with Ukrainian as language of instruction | 0 |
| Number of students with Russian language of instruction in high schools (institutes, universities) | 395,186 | Number of students with Ukrainian language of instruction in high schools (institutes, universities) | 0 |
| Russian-teaching textbooks published at the expense of the State Budget of Ukraine (quantity) | 1,555,500 | Ukrainian-teaching textbooks published at the expense of the State Budget of Russia (quantity) | 0 |
| – total costs (approx. USD) | $2,344,610.00 | – total costs (approx. USD) | 0 |
| Ukrainan-Russian Dictionaries published at the expense of the State Budget of Ukraine (quantity) | 125,000 | Ukrainian-Russian Dictionaries published at the expense of the State Budget of Russia (quantity) | 0 |
| – total costs (approx. USD) | $188,917.00 | – total costs (approx. USD) | 0 |
| Total state budget funding for schools with Russian language of instruction (approx.USD) | $402,472,833.70 | Total state budget funding for schools with Ukrainian language of instruction (approx.USD) | 0 |
| Number of Russian-language periodical press | 2,343 | Number of Ukrainian-language periodical press | 0 |
| Number of periodical press published in Russian and Ukrainian | 3,568 | Number of periodical press published in Ukrainian and Russian | 0 |