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The Revolution of Dignity (Ukrainian: Революція гідності, romanized: Revoliutsiia hidnosti), also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution, took place in Ukraine in February 2014 at the end of the Euromaidan protests, when deadly clashes between protesters and state forces in the capital Kyiv culminated in the ...
- Russo-Ukrainian War
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Euromaidan led to the 2014 Revolution of Dignity. During the...
- Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (born 9 July 1950) is a former...
- Maidan People's Union
The Maidan People's Union (Ukrainian: Народне об'єднання...
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Yulia Tymoshenko's press briefing on 12 May 2010...
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Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Ukrainian: Майдан Незалежності...
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- Russo-Ukrainian War
Euromaidan led to the 2014 Revolution of Dignity. During the uprising, Independence Square (Maidan) in Kyiv was a huge protest camp occupied by thousands of protesters and protected by makeshift barricades. It had kitchens, first aid posts and broadcasting facilities, as well as stages for speeches, lectures, debates and performances.
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Feb 20, 2024 · 10 Years Later: Revolution of Dignity Highlights. On the 10th anniversary commemorating the “Heavenly Hundred,” who died during Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity in 2014, Kyiv Post recalls the seminal events that changed the country and the world. by Regina Filonenko | February 20, 2024, 8:16 am.
Feb 1, 2024 · This special section showcases new research on the Revolution of Dignity in its long-term context. It begins with translations of three recent pieces by Ukrainian historians, which collectively illuminate social and cultural features of the Euromaidan and Revolution of Dignity as well as the memorialization of these events.
- Why Did Ukraine’s Euromaidan Protests Begin?
- What Were The Euromaidan Protests About?
- What Happened in Crimea and How Has It Affected People Living there?
- What Is Happening in The East of Ukraine?
- How Did The Open Society Foundations React to The Euromaidan Protests?
- What Is The Role of The Open Society Foundations Today in Ukraine?
In late November 2013, Ukrainians took to the streets in peaceful protest after then-president Viktor Yanukovych chose not to sign an agreement that would have integrated the country more closely with the European Union. As the protests in Kyiv’s Independence Square, or Maidan, continued into 2014, the government began cracking down on the demonstr...
The protests were more than a demand for closer EU relations; they were a rejection of injustice as a way of life and of the post-Soviet politics of corruption and nepotism. Ukrainians took to the streets to denounce the country’s endemic corruption, from the grand corruptionpracticed by ex-president Yanukovych and his peers, to everyday corruption...
On February 27 and 28, pro-Russian gunmen seized key buildings in Crimea and took control of the Crimean Peninsula, which has an ethnic Russian majority. On March 16, in a disputed referendum that Ukraine and the West deemed illegal, a section of the Crimean population chose to secede from Ukraine. On March 18, Russian and Crimean leaders signed a ...
In April 2014, pro-Russian separatist activity spread to other eastern Ukrainian cities like Donetsk and Lugansk in the Donbass region. This escalated into an armed conflict between the Ukrainian government and the separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, whose demands range from self-rule to union with Russia....
The International Renaissance Foundation, part of the Open Society family of foundations, has supported civil society in Ukraine since 1990. For 25 years, the International Renaissance Foundation has worked with civil society organizations defending human rights and justice, tackling corruption, supporting Ukrainian minorities including Tatars and ...
Today, the Open Society Foundations and the International Renaissance Foundation continue to work with civil society in Ukraine to achieve essential reforms in governance, law enforcement, justice, economic development, health, and education. 1. We support civil society organizations like the Center for Civil Liberties, which seeks justice for crim...
Feb 16, 2022 · So began Ukraine’s “Revolution of Dignity”. Since it gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 Ukraine had played Russia and the West off against one another, with alternative ...
Sep 23, 2020 · Government. PDF | This report presents the first attempt to systematically assess the impact of the Revolution of Dignity on the country's development. The main... | Find, read and cite all the ...
