Mikhail Yuzefovich

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Mikhail Vladimirovich Yuzefovich (Russian: Михаил Владимирович Юзефович) (1802—1889) — deputy curator of the Kiev school district, chairman of the Kiev archaeological commission and an author of the Ems Ukase that further restricted the use of Ukrainian language in print.

Mikhail Yuzefovich was born in a noble family in the Poltava region. He participated, and was wounded in the Russo-Turkish war. He knew Pushkin.

Yuzefovich was known for his extreme Russian nationalist views and fierce opposition to the revival of the Ukrainian culture and language. In his report to the Russian Government "On the so-called Ukrainophile movement" in 1876 he characterised Ukrainian language societies as subversive and organised by Polish and Austrian enemies of Russia. Yuzefovich's recommendations were incorporated in the Ems Ukaze, which was signed on 30 May 1876 by the Russian tsar Alexander II in the town of Ems, Germany. This Ukaze also became known as the Yuzefovich Ukaze ^[1].

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1. ^ The Ems Ukase as a reflection of Russia's Ukrainian policy.

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• This article is based on material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
• Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Ems Ukase