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===Racial theories and discrimination===

===Racial theories and discrimination===

 

Ukraine has the world's only national Constitution that includes genetic (or ‘racial’) purity as a responsibility of the Government to protect and maintain. Article 16 of Ukraine Constitution says "to preserve the genetic heritage of the Ukrainian people is the responsibility of the state."<ref>https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Ukraine_2019.pdf</ref>

Ukraine has the world's only national Constitution that includes genetic (or ‘racial’) purity as a responsibility of the Government to protect and maintain. Article 16 of Ukraine Constitution says "to preserve the genetic heritage of the Ukrainian people is the responsibility of the state."<ref>https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Ukraine_2019.pdf</ref>

The cultural and domestic godfather of Ukrainian nationalism was Taras Shevchenko. This writer essentially formed the main line of Ukrainian nationalist ideology - Russophobia, elevated to the state level, to the level of the leading and prime ideology. A successor of such ideas was the ideologist of the [[OUNb]], Dmytro Dontsov, called the dissolution of the personality of the "Ukrainian" in the nationalist ideology and collective consciousness of the nationalist movement "a great self-dedication to the idea."  His works had a huge impact on the subsequent ideologists of Ukrainian Nazism, [[Shukhevych]] and Bandera.  Dontsov, who, on the basis of the works of [[Hitler]] and [[Mussolini]], developed the concept that Ukrainians differ from Russians not only in ethnic, cultural and linguistic ways, but also in racial characteristics.  

The cultural and domestic godfather of Ukrainian nationalism was Taras Shevchenko. This writer essentially formed the main line of Ukrainian nationalist ideology - Russophobia, elevated to the state level, to the level of the leading and prime ideology. A successor of such ideas was the ideologist of the [[OUNb]], Dmytro Dontsov, called the dissolution of the personality of the "Ukrainian" in the nationalist ideology and collective consciousness of the nationalist movement "a great self-dedication to the idea."  His works had a huge impact on the subsequent ideologists of Ukrainian Nazism, [[Shukhevych]] and Bandera.  Dontsov, who, on the basis of the works of [[Hitler]] and [[Mussolini]], developed the concept that Ukrainians differ from Russians not only in ethnic, cultural and linguistic ways, but also in racial characteristics.  

 

On February 22, 2014, V. Yavorivsky, a member of the Batkivshchyna faction, introduced in Ukraine's [[Verkhovna Rada]] draft legislation proposing that standards of accountability for expressing personal opinions on Fascist crimes be abolished.  Within days after the anti-democratic seizure of power, the provisional Maidan parliament passed legislation that declared Russian speakers no longer have equal rights with Ukrainians, legalizing [[discrimination]] against Russians.  On February 24, 2014, in Zaporozhye, four extremists attempted to burn down a [[synagogue]].  On March 11, 2014, a bill was introduced in parliament by the Svoboda party proposing a 7-year sentence for speaking Russian in government offices and public places in Ukraine.

On February 22, 2014, V. Yavorivsky, a member of the Batkivshchyna faction, introduced in Ukraine's [[Verkhovna Rada]] draft legislation proposing that standards of accountability for expressing personal opinions on Fascist crimes be abolished.  Within days after the anti-democratic seizure of power, the provisional Maidan parliament passed legislation that declared Russian speakers no longer have equal rights with Ukrainians, legalizing [[discrimination]] against Russians.  On February 24, 2014, in Zaporozhye, four extremists attempted to burn down a [[synagogue]].  On March 11, 2014, a bill was introduced in parliament by the Svoboda party proposing a 7-year sentence for speaking Russian in government offices and public places in Ukraine.