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The Orange Revolution ( Ukrainian: Помаранчева революція, romanized : Pomarancheva revoliutsiia) was a series of protests, that lead to political upheaval in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005.
During the events of the Orange Revolution, Tymoshenko was a key figure, passionately denouncing Viktor Yanukovych’s presidential election campaign and the alleged electoral fraud that resulted in Yanukovych’s victory being overturned. After Yushchenko was installed as president, he named her prime minister in January 2005.
The. Orange Revolution. and the. Yushchenko. presidency. The presidential election of 2004 brought Ukraine to the brink of disintegration and civil war. Cleared to seek a third term as president by the Constitutional Court, Kuchma instead endorsed the candidacy of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who was also strongly supported by Russian Pres ...
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Dec 3, 2013 · Despite a sense of deja vu, there are major differences between the ongoing mass protests in Ukraine and the Orange Revolution nine years ago, writes the BBC's Oleg Karpyak in Kiev.
Apr 13, 2022 · The prehistory of the 2014 revolution includes the “Orange Revolution” of 2004-05, in which massive protests on the Maidan against an (actual) stolen election that handed Yanukovych the victory over pro-Western rival Viktor Yushchenko ended with Ukraine’s Supreme Court throwing out the results and with Yushchenko winning the re-vote.
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Nov 22, 2020 · The 2004 Orange Revolution prevented a Kremlin-backed candidate from stealing the Ukrainian presidency and sparked a national awakening. It also triggered a Russian backlash that led to authoritarianism, information warfare, and aggression against Ukraine.
Mar 8, 2005 · Orange Revolution: Ukraine Votes for Change. March 8, 2005. When an election scandal rocked Ukraine, thousands of Ukrainians took to the streets of Kyiv in peaceful protest, in what became known as The Orange Revolution. After an election rerun in December, opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko was inaugurated the new president in January, and ...
