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The Russification of surnames of some Ukrainians is the result of a conscious policy of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Some have surnames that have lost their authentic Ukrainian character and meaning due to changes in suffixes and endings: “Bondar” could become “Bondarevym”, and “Okhrimenko” could become “Efremovym”. In the new issue of “Farewell, Empire”, Olesya Kotubey-Herutska will talk about examples of Russification of surnames, how this policy affected other peoples of the USSR and whether there were cases of reverse processes of Ukrainization of surnames. And also about whether it is worth worrying about changing your surname today if it has undergone Russification. And how to do it, if there is such a desire. Guests of the issue: – Sergey “Muse” Guleykov, producer of the YouTube channel “UkrYoutubeProject”; – Oleksandr Alferov, historian and military man; – Svyatoslav Litynsky, activist for the protection of the Ukrainian language; – Vladlen Marayev, historian, co-author of the YouTube channel “History Without Myths”; – Yevgeniya Kuznetsova, writer, translator 00:00 Start 00:56 How specifically Ukrainian surnames were Russified during the Russian Empire 04:12 Tools for Russifying surnames during the Soviet period 06:56 Why many people independently Russified their own surnames 10:18 How the policy of Russification affected other peoples of the USSR 13:09 About the Ukrainization of surnames 15:36 The modern procedure for changing surnames 17:55 About the expediency of changing Russified surnames in modern Ukraine #decolonization #socialculture #goodbyeempire #russification Subscribe and click ???? to receive notifications about new videos and broadcasts Our official website: https://suspilne.media/culture Culture news on Telegram: https://t.me/suspilne_culture We are on Facebook: / suspilne.culture Culture news on Instagram: / suspilne.culture We are on TikTok: / suspilne_culture —— Read everything about Suspilne here: https://corp.suspilne.media/