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The Story of Maidan: Part 7 -First Clashes in November
Maidan defender manning the barricades Now we look at the first violence in the last day of November 2013 while In Part 6 — A song called Revolution Ukraine we have introduced Artisto, the rapper and composer of Maidans unofficial anthem. November 25th, 8:30pm: demonstrators notice a white government van at the European Square next tot he…
The Story of Maidan: Part 6— A song called Revolution Ukraine
Artisto sings Revolution Ukraine on Maidan stage in December 2013 Now we look at the arrival of Artisto, rapper of the unofficial Maidan anthem Revolution Ukraine while in the previous chapter 5 — EuroMaidan ist born we have seen how it all started. “Revolution Ukraine” goes Kyiv 29 year old Rostyslav Hrytak has waited for this moment for a…
The Story of Maidan: Part 5 — EuroMaidan is born
Maidan in December 2013 Now we take a look on how the EuroMaidan movement started with a call by a journalist after Yanukovych denied signing the Associate Agreement. In the previous Chapter 4 — Match in a tinderbox — the Associative Agreement, we have seen what kind of a deal president Yanukovich didn’t want to sign. It all startes on…
The Story of Maidan: Part 4 — Match in a tinderbox — the Associative Agreement
New Years Eve 2013/2014 on Maidan “Ukrainians learned that their country really does lie on a fault line between two civilizations […] as a country lying between the civilization of institutions and of the rule of law, as epitomized by the European Union; and the civilization of arbitrary rule, as embodied by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.”…
The Story of Maidan: Part 3 — Repeating History and a dictator on the rise
President Victor Yanukovich in a satirical drawing shown on Maidan in February 2014 In this chapter we look at how Ukraine repeated it’s mistakes twice with the Orange Revolution and Maidan and see, how Yanukovich rose from small scale criminal to large scale criminal. If you have missed chapter 2 — Paths to Revolution, click here. 2004/2013: If…
The Story of Maidan: Part 2 — Paths to Revolution
In Chapter 2 we look at the factors that prepared the grounds for Revolution. In part 1 — Revolution of Dignity we have seen a summary of what Maidan was or might have been. “Ukrainians have a disastrously weak state. But we have a huge reserve of patriotism and aspiration for freedom. I can imagine a Ukrainian…
The Story of Maidan: Part 1 — Revolution of Dignity
On Maidan in December 2013 History was faster than the author. In the middle of writing a book on Maidan, Ukraine went to war in 2014. Many of the people I had met on Maidan Nezalezhnosti between December 2013 and February 2014 had gone to the front and where in a different reality. Euromaidan was over….