In the 19th century, the Tsarist Government of the Russian Empire claimed that Ukrainian was merely a dialect of Russian and not a language on its own. The differences were few and caused by the conquest of western Ukraine by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. However, the dialects in Ukraine eventually differed substantially from the dialects in Russia. COUNT 3
QSN1 During what century did the Russian government claim that Ukrainian was a Russian dialect? ANS1 19th QSN2 What Russian government claimed that Ukrainian was not a distinct language? ANS2 the Tsarist Government QSN3 The conquest of western Ukraine by what country altered the language of Ukraine? ANS3 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth