“By the way, our nightingale language ranks second in the world in its melodiousness.”

— Yurii Andrukhovych, book The Moscoviad

The Moscoviad
Source: The Moscoviad. Yuri Andrukhovych. Spuyten Duyvil, New York City. ISBN1933132523, p. 83

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Ukrainian writer, poet, essayist and translator 1960

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