Ukrainian is the official language of Ukraine.

Leonid Novychenko has written:

'Vid uchora do zavtra' -- subject(s): History and criticism, Soviet literature

'Pro bahatstvo literatury' -- subject(s): Literatures, Russia, Realism in literature, Ukrainian literature

'Vybrani pratsi' -- subject(s): History and criticism, Ukrainian literature

'Ne iliustratsiia -vidkryttia' -- subject(s): Authors, Ukrainian, History and criticism, Realism in literature, Ukrainian Authors, Ukrainian literature

Belarusian is considered to be the closest language to Ukrainian due to their shared East Slavic roots and historical connections. However, Russian also shares some similarities with Ukrainian but to a lesser extent.

The language was Russian