# Russia's 160-year war on Ukrainian books

https://mins.news/en/item/50188

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-09-08 18:07 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/russias-160-year-war-on-ukrainian-books/

> The article places Russia’s destruction of Ukrainian books, publishers and cultural heritage during the war in a longer history of suppressing Ukrainian language and culture under the Russian Empire and Soviet rule. Russian strikes in August reportedly destroyed more than 12 million books and 10% of Ukraine’s school textbooks, while Ukrainian printers continue to resist.

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