• Ulara@sopuli.xyz
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      3 months ago

      It were Ukrainians who initially populated this region, so it’s no wonder that people there still preserve the Ukrainian accent. People from Donetsk and Luhansk puppet republics also speak with this Ukrainian accent.

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        3 months ago

        I know that Russia metodically tried to eradicate any language and accent that is not Muscovite russian. But I guess it’s difficult to remove every small bit of accent