For a large part of the Soviet era, the number of Ukrainian speakers declined from generation to generation, and by the mid-1980s, the usage of the Ukrainian language in public life had decreased significantly.
苏联时代乌克兰的大部分地区说乌克兰语者人数一代比一代减少，到80年代中期，在公共生活中使用乌克兰语者大幅减少。