Is it true that the rector of the Kyiv National University forbade students to use the words “Russia” and “Russian” in their works?

In mid -July 2024, there were reports on the network that the head of one of the largest Ukrainian universities issued an order according to which in abstracts, coursework and thesis instead of words related to the Russian Federation and Russians, the terms “Muscovy”, “Katsapa” and “orcs” should be used. We checked whether this is so.

On the evening of July 16, the alleged ban at the Kiev National University (KNU) named after Taras Shevchenko on the air of “Channel One” was told by Vyacheslav Nikonov, the first deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs and Dean Faculty of Public Administration of Moscow State University. “Well, indeed, in Kyiv a difficult situation - everything melts there. How people live there now, I don't know. It is difficult, sorry, indeed, people. But clearly this somehow affects the brains of the Kyiv leadership. Because when I received this information, I first thought that this was definitely a fake. Our editors checked - today we spent half a day on this. Not a fake. Order of the rector of the Kyiv National University. “In order to non -proliferation of Russian ideas, I order to prohibit the use of the words“ Russia ”,“ Russian ”,“ Russian ”in exchange rate, diploma and abstract work. Instead of them, use words such as“ Muscovy ”,“ Katsapa ”,“ Orcs ””, - reported Nikonov in the program "Big Game". Also he Shared photography of the alleged document in your Telegram channel (28,000 views at the time of writing this analysis).

According to the TGSTAT service, at the time of writing this analysis, about 170 posts about this order were published in Telegram, which in total received about 1 million views. Channels wrote about the ban "Uncle Glory"(208,000 views),"Kostyan Cat - Official Channel"(120 000),"Voenondelo (military affairs)"(47 000),"Yuhu Moscow"(44 000), Nina Vatt (38,000), Saloboy ™ (35,000), "Russian format"(35,000),"Andrey Belousov"(33,000) and others. Among the media and news sites, the same was reported"Russian newspaper"(The news is duplicated in Telegram channel and publicVKontakte"),"Ukraine.ru","Politicus"And the information portal of the Fund"Russian world". Similar publications are found on VKontakte (examples here, here And here) and social networks X (here, here And here).

By statement “Rossiyskaya newspaper”, in social networks, is distributed a copy of the order, signed by the rector of KNU Vladimir Bugrov dated June 20, 2024. Judging by the picture, the document consists of four points. In the first, it is stipulated by what words the ban is extended and what they should be replaced. In the second and third it is stated that the responsibility for the implementation and control of compliance with the order lies with teachers, scientific advisers and heads of the departments. According to the last paragraph, the order comes into force from the moment of its signing.

At the same time, “verified” could not find the mention of this document in any Ukrainian media. There is also a suspicion that the news of this prohibition was encouraged in Runet almost a month after signing the alleged order. By keywords, we discovered that the earliest publication with a photo of the document appeared only on July 15 at 13:26 Moscow time in the pro-Komrelev Telegram channel Zanoza (8700 views). He was previously repeatedly Strengthened In the distribution of fake photos and videos of anti -Ukrainian orientation.

The news of such an order would be logical to post on the site or in the official social networks of KNU so that as many students as possible can familiarize themselves with the order of the rector and follow the introduced rules. However, “verified” did not find such records on any resource University. On the contrary, the KNU communications center on the morning of July 16, before Nikonov’s air is broadcast, Published In Facebook, a refutation that begins with the following words: "The enemy forms the image of a Ukrainian scientist as a propagandist and ignorant." Readers of the post called not to believe Fakes and focus on information from official channels KNU.

Representatives of the university brought three arguments, why a viral photo of the order is a fake:

• On the day of the alleged signing of the document, on June 20, 2024, the rector of KNU was on a business trip, which means he did not have the right to sign orders. The reports of the working trip are invited to look at the pages of Bugrov and the university on Facebook. It is reported that during the business trip the obligation Bugrov was performed by the first vice -rector;
• It is alleged that the university uses excellent from the indicated, more complex numbering of orders;
• “KNU is a modern scientific and educational center of Ukraine. Our applicants write scientific works in which they use scientific terminology, and not absurd inventions. ”

Indeed, according to the Bugrov page, in mid -June he was outside Ukraine. So, on June 17, in French Nancy, the rector of KNU and his colleague from the University of Lorraine signed Cooperation agreement between universities in the field of green energy. This event was reported by the press service of the Ukrainian educational institution at site and in social networks. June 22 Bugrov Shared Photos of a walk on Nancy, and soon I down The results of the week of cooperation between two universities.

Fakeing a photo of the order They called it And a factor from the Stopfake project. They compared the distributed document with one of the official orders of the university and Found Many stylistic inaccuracies and differences in the design. For example, after contacting the heads of coursework and thesis, a dash, not a comma, should be a dash. Fact, claim that in these orders Not used The phrase “Viddov’s perception of the ditrimann to the central penal system” (“responsibility for monitoring compliance with this order to assign”) - instead of it other formulations are used. In a viral photo, the text, unlike genuine KNU documents, is not leveled in width.

Thus, the rector of the Kyiv National University did not forbid students to use the words “Russia” and “Russian” in their works. These messages are not confirmed by any authoritative sources and were refuted by the press service of the university. The only proof of the ban is a photo of the order that first appeared in the pro-Kremlin Telegram channel. In addition, numerous inaccuracies are allowed in the text and design of the document.

Photo on the cover: social networks

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