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Valuev Circular
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<p>The Valuev Circular of 18 (30) July 1863 was a <a href="/facts/Decree/goYGFGQ0">decree</a> (<a href="/facts/Ukase/ejyJwahh">ukaz</a>) issued by <a href="/facts/Pyotr_Valuev/wwHWVBTD">Pyotr Valuev</a> (Valuyev), <a href="/facts/List_of_Ministers_of_Interior_of_Imperial_Russia/JC6A71ek">Minister of Internal Affairs</a> of the <a href="/facts/Russian_Empire/hg1g5SpV">Russian Empire</a>, by which many publications (religious and educational literature recommended for the use in primary literacy training) in the "Little Russian" (Ukrainian) language were forbidden, except for <i><a href="/facts/Belles-lettres/JjhQoj0S">belles-lettres</a></i> works. </p>