Van Moskou tot Maidan — Season 1, Episode 5: Een nieuwe moedertaal
42 min • 1 season, 6 episodes
Episode synopsis
In addition to a military struggle, a cultural war is also raging in Ukraine. Statues, street signs and books: everything that smells of Russia goes to the plains or ends up with the old paper. Perfectly understandable, but for some this is going too far. Jelle visits a book market in Kyiv where a stable owner is one of the few still selling Russian literature. And he goes out with a photographer who fights for the preservation of Soviet heritage. The Russian language also disappears. Jelle visits a village where the Russians have spent a few weeks. After they have been driven there, no one speaks a word of Russian anymore.
About Van Moskou tot Maidan
Who are the Ukrainians, what is their history, and what is their culture that they are fighting so hard for now? Jelle Brandt Corstius explores Ukraine during the third year of the war with Russia. It travels from cities along the front to areas more than 1000 km away. The battle can be felt everywhere.