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EUROMAIDAN

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What was Euromaidan?

With Euromaidan, Ukrainian society made a choice to definitely leave the Soviet era behind and become part of the free and democratic world. The rebellion against tyranny was guided by a dream of a society governed by law and justice.

On this page, we offer you a taste of the revolution and what it means for Ukraine and the region.

Experience

Experience what it was like to be part of Euromaidan with our collection of insider materials about the protests.

Understand

Some of the best analysis about Euromaidan and its significance.

Watch

Many films have been created about Euromaidan. Here is a selection of our favorites, many available online

See all our articles about Euromaidan here. 

Some of the best photos from Euromaidan

After the Euromaidan revolution, Ukrainian photographers united to create a photo project to remember the events of 2013-2014 which changed Ukraine’s course of history. Titled HUMAN FACTOR. LAST EDITION, it showcases the ordinary Ukrainians who took part in the protests in Kyiv. Many heroically withstood the riot police attacks on the camp of the protesters. Some fell in the uneven battle and are remembered as heroes.

Human factor shared them with us, and we’re sharing them with you. View our full collection as separate posts:

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22.01.2014 | Hrushevsky Street. At the barricades with “Molotov cocktails” and with shields in hand, you could see people from different walks of life. In the photo – a protester in a tech jacket and probably a bulletproof vest. Photo by Viktoriia Pryshutova
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01.12.2013 | The first bloody fights on Bankova Street. The protesters are trying to break through the police line in front of the Administration of the President of Ukraine with the help of an excavator. Photo by Vladyslav Musienko
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01.12.2013 | Bankova Street. Protesters are throwing stones at the police line to break into the Presidential Administration. In this line, the authorities had ordered almost unprotected young men of the internal troops. They stood under a hail of stones for several hours. Berkut stood behind them. Photo by Maks Levin
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01.12.2013 | St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery. Demonstrators sleep on the floor of the church during the all-night service, hiding from persecution. Photo by Max Trebukhov
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05.12.2013 | Independence Square. Protesters are warming themselves near a barrel with a fire. Photo by Yeugen Kotenko
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07.12.2013 | A protester holds a hand on his heart during night duty on Khreshchatyk, singing the Ukrainian national anthem. Photo by Gorb Andrii
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07.12.2013 | Pavilion of the KyivExpoPlaza Exhibition Complex. Many activists from the western regions temporarily live on the territory of the KyivExpoPlaza Exhibition Complex. Photo by Oleg Pereverzev
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15.12.2013 | A man plays the guitar near the barricade next to the Trade Union building on Independence Square. Photo by Alexander Kuzmin
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15.12.2013 | The Sunday meeting on Independence Square broke all records as to the number of participants. Taken from the roof of the Trade Union building. Photo by Konstantin Chernichkin
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15.12.2013 | Barricade on Instytutska Street. Photo by Vladyslav Musienko
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22.12.2013 | A group of young people holding the flag of Ukraine stands near the Peoples’ Friendship Arch in Kreschaty Park after the Sunday demonstration. Photo by Vadym Gryga
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19.01.2014 | Hrushevsky Street. The first burning bus. Photo by Vladyslav Musienko
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20.01.2014 | Hrushevsky Street. A protester shoots a slingshot at soldiers of the Berkut special unit in response to their rubber shots from pump-action rifles. Photo by Pavlo Podufalov
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20.01.2014 | Hrushevsky Street. A man covers his face from the caustic gas of a gas grenade. Photo by Maksym Liukov
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21.01.2014 | At the barricades you could meet older women in fur coats and expensive shoes. After work, they brought large thermoses with tea and sandwiches to Hrushevsky Street. Young girls also came here, beating drum beats on the iron for hours to maintain the fighting spirit. There were also elderly grandmothers who rushed to the barricades to give their hand-knitted warm clothes to those in the front rows. On Hrushevsky Street were wives, daughters and mothers of those Kyivans who fought at the barricades. Photo by Ivan Bogdan
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22.01.2014 | Hrushevsky Street. Protesters set fire to car tires to prevent an organized offensive and aiming of firearms. Photo by Pavlo Dufalov
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19.02.2014 | Independence Square. Night. Police and Berkut members break into Maidan. Self-defense tries to stop them with fireworks shots. The tent camp under the stele burns down. Photo by Olga Yakimovich
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20.02.2014 | Near the hotel “Ukraine” on Instytutska Street. A volunteer medic near a shield, which was used as a stretcher to transport the wounded on Instytutska Street. Photo by Vladislav Musienko
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04.03.2014 | Independence Square. Artem Mazur from Khmelnytsky, a 26-year-old member of the 15th Maidan Self-Defense Hundred, is escorted to the ranks of the Heavenly Hundred. On February 18, he was severely beaten by Berkut fighters in Mariinsky Park. After two weeks in a coma, he died at the hospital without regaining consciousness. Photo by Vlad Sodel
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18.02.2014 | Instytutska Street. Protesters, beaten and detained by Berkut fighters, lie on the pavement in front of the entrance to the lobby of the Khreschatyk metro station. Photo by Vlad Sodel
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18.02.2014 | Instytutska Street. Protesters beaten by security forces during a bloody crackdown. Photo by Vlad Sodel
Euromaidan man scolds Berkut riot police
Photo: Vlad Sodel. 18 February 2014
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Photo: Maksym Liukov. 19 February 2014
Photo: Maksym Liukov. 20 February 2014
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Photo: Maksym Liukov. 20 February 2014
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Wounded protesters are rushed into the field hospital on Euromaidan. Photo: Vladyslav Musiyenko. 20 February 2014
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Protesters in gas masks near a wall of fire separating them from the Berkut riot police. Photo: Oleksandr Ratushnyak. 19 February 2014
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Man in a wheelchair breaks cobblestones to be used as self-defense for Euromaidan protesters. Photo: Vladyslav Musiyenko. 19 February 2014
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Euromaidan participants, father and son, walk bloodied after a crackdown on the protesters by the Berkut riot police. Photo: Oleksandr Ratushnyak. 18 February 2014
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Protesters hurl Molotov cocktails at the Berkut riot police. Photo: Vladyslav Musiyenko. 18 February 2014
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A Euromaidan protester hurls a Molotov cocktail at the Berkut riot police. Photo: Vlad Sodel. 21 January 2014
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A woman weeps at a tree where a protester was shot dead by the police. Photo: Andriy Lomakin. 23 February 2014
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The Euromaidan protesters’ camp in Kyiv after the victory of Euromaidan. Photo: Yevgen Kolesnik. 24 February 2014

Drones capture bird’s eye view of Euromaidan

The Maidan square in Kyiv gathered up to a million people at one time. Drones captured it all – during protests in the day and a concert in the night. Watch this footage to get a feeling of the spirit of Euromaidan.

Responsibility for Euromaidan massacre

107 Euromaidan activists were shot dead by Yanukovych’s regime in 2014. Here is what we know about the culprits: Separating myth from reality: 6 facts on the shooting of the Euromaidan protesters

Decade-long Euromaidan massacre trial ends with life sentence for 1 officer. A Kyiv court has delivered limited justice for the deaths of nearly 50 protesters shot in February 2014, and disproved conspiracy theories about the involvement of alleged “foreign snipers” in the Ukrainian capital. However, true justice is yet to be delivered: the bigwig perpetrators are fugitives in Russia.

Teaching about Euromaidan

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A primer composed by physics teacher Borislaw Bilash II contains everything you need to give a lecture or presentation about Ukraine’s newest history.

Spreading inspiration

Maїdan Inferno – a play about Euromaidan. The first Ukrainian play to make it to the French stage was about Euromaidan.

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 Euromaidan, occupation of Crimea, Russia’s hybrid war in Donbas

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Confused about events in Ukraine? We don’t blame you. The protests started when then-President Yanukovych declined to sign the Association Agreement with the EU at the end of November 2013 and escalated into a de-facto revolution that left a hundred dead. Immediately after, Russia started a stealthy annexation of Crimea and takeover of South-Eastern Ukraine.

The latter, being unsuccessful, has led to a frozen conflict in Donbas with which Russia destabilized Ukraine until its full-scale invasion in 2022. Here is a short yet comprehensive guide through the chronicle of newest Ukrainian history – the Euromaidan revolution and subsequent Russian occupation and hybrid war. By Borislaw Bilash II, author of Primer about Russia’s hybrid war.

Timeline of the Euromaidan protests

A brief history of the protests in Kyiv is below. Source>>>

Euromaidan as a formative element of the Ukrainian nation

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Euromaidan,
rebirth of the Ukrainian nation,
and the German debate on Ukraine’s national identity

A brief glance into history reveals what a definitive role Euromaidan has played in the formation of the Ukrainian nation. This article by Winfried Schneider-Deters explores how Ukraine’s recently won independence is under threat, how Putin became a midwife of the Ukrainian nation, bilingualism and the war of secession in Donbas, delves into issues of Patriotism/’positive nationalism’ in Ukraine, and contributes to the recent German debate on Ukraine being an ‘artificial nation’.

Read: Euromaidan, rebirth of the Ukrainian nation, and the German debate on Ukraine’s national identity

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