This study deals with attitudes and opinions of the population on the Ukrainian Black Sea coast in 2020/2021, a good year before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The basis is a sociological survey conducted in the regions of Odesa, Mykolajiv and Kherson with 1,200 respondents. These regions are a clear target of the Russian offensive against Ukraine, on the grounds of an alleged ideological and linguistic affinity of these areas with Russia. The attitudes and opinions sought in the study cover three domains: firstly, attitudes and opinions on language policy, secondly, on Ukrainian autonomy and identity and the role played by languages in this context, and thirdly, Ukraine’s geopolitical orientation. Respondents were grouped according to their “ethnic/national” self-identification and language preferences, and a comparison was made. Overall, the attitudes of the respondents showed a clear identification with Ukraine and the Ukrainian language and a skepticism towards the Russian state, but by no means a hostile attitude towards the Russian language. A picture emerges that clearly contradicts Russian propaganda and also puts into perspective the difference between southern Ukraine and the center and the west, which has often been emphasized in the past.

这项研究涉及 2020/2021 年乌克兰黑海沿岸人口的态度和意见，这是俄罗斯入侵乌克兰的前一年。依据是在敖德萨、米科拉吉夫和赫尔松地区进行的一项社会学调查，共有 1,200 名受访者参与。这些地区是俄罗斯对乌克兰发动进攻的明确目标，理由是这些地区与俄罗斯在意识形态和语言上存在关联。研究中寻求的态度和观点涵盖三个领域：首先，对语言政策的态度和观点，其次，对乌克兰的自治和身份以及语言在此背景下所起的作用，以及第三，乌克兰的地缘政治方向。受访者根据他们的“民族/民族”自我认同和语言偏好进行分组，并进行了比较。全面的，受访者的态度表现出对乌克兰和乌克兰语的明确认同和对俄罗斯国家的怀疑，但绝不是对俄语的敌对态度。出现了一幅明显与俄罗斯宣传相矛盾的画面，同时也揭示了乌克兰南部与中西部之间的差异，而这在过去经常被强调。