Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tsoro da barazanar rabuwa da Ukraine (wanda kuma ya rinjayi 1863
buƙatun 'yan kishin ƙasa na Poland), Ministan Harkokin Cikin Gida na Rasha Pyotr Valuev a cikin 1863 ya ba da wata doka ta asirce wacce ta hana buga littattafan addini da littattafan ilimi da aka rubuta a cikin yaren Ukrainian a matsayin waɗanda ba na nahawu ba, amma an ba da izinin duk sauran littattafai, gami da almara. Sarkin sarakuna Alexander II a cikin 1876 ya faɗaɗa wannan haramcin ta hanyar bayar da Ems Ukaz (wanda ya ƙare a cikin 1905). Ukaz ya hana duk littattafan yaren Yukren da waƙoƙin waƙa, da kuma shigo da irin waɗannan ayyukan. Ƙari ga haka, an hana yin wasan kwaikwayo, wasannin kwaikwayo, da kuma ba da jawabai a yaren Ukrainian. A cikin 1881 an gyara dokar don ba da damar buga waƙoƙi da ƙamus, da kuma wasan kwaikwayo na wasu wasannin a cikin yaren Ukrainian tare da amincewar jami'an yankin. Duk da haka, an haramta ƙungiyoyin Ukrainian kawai. Kimanin kashi 9% na yawan jama'a suna magana da Rasha a lokacin ƙidaya na Daular Rasha na 1897. akasin kashi 44.31% na yawan jama'ar Daular.