Valuev Circular (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Valuev Circular of 18 July 1863 was a secret decree (ukaz) of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire Pyotr Valuev (Valuyev) by which a large portion of the publications (religious, and literature used for school training) in Ukrainian language was postponed.They were not considered separate languages, but rather dialects of Russian. The Circular has put the reason for the growing number of textbooks in Ukrainian, and beginner-level books in Ukrainian with "the Poles' political interests" and the "separatist intentions of some of the Little Russians." The Circular also stated that "no separate Little Russian language ever existed, doesn't exist, and couldn't exist," and that the Little Russian is nothing more than the "General Russian" spoiled by Polish influence.