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  • City of Kovel supports Yushchenko
  • Yushchenko supporters are dislaying placards and banners on nigthtime Khreshchatyk, next to the subway station. The placard in the foreground reads "Kovel Yes!", signifying the city's support for Yushchenko. The banner on the Obolon' beer tent...
  • The placard in the foreground reads: "Ковель Так!" (Kovel Yes!) The banner on the beer tent reads: "Ющенко наш президент" (Yushchenko is our president.)
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  • Marching towards freedom
  • Despite the snowy blizzard, protestors are marching towards the Independence Square. They are holding either Yushchenko flags or Ukrainian flags and have orange ribbons attached to their clothing.
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  • This parade was one of the first pictures I saw after arriving in Kiev. In the faces of these people marching through snow and icy air I witnessed determination, calm and strength ready to overcome any obstacle and barrier. I immediately felt the...
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  • Maidan Knight
  • A person dressed in a yellow knight costume stands on the Maidan square early in the morning. Some dedicated protestors are already up with coffee in their hands preparing for another long day at Maidan. A board in the background is plastered with...
  • Board reads: Это наша с тобой биография
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  • Peaceful Revolution
  • A family supporting Yushchenko brought their daughter to Maidan. Standing in a sea of protestors the father is holding up his daughter and a flag with one hand while making a peace sign with another. A Jumbotron is blurred but can be seen in the...
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  • The appearance of children at the Liberty Square in Kiev meant happy ending and peaceful victory of the Orange Revolution. It is the presence of the children in the public space that shows us how important the methods of our fight are.
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  • Creative banner of the Orange Revolution
  • This banner illustrates the main point of the revolution, the fact the citizens of Ukraine were pushing for independence from Moscow and Russian in general. A translation would be "A chicken is not a bird just like Moscow is not our capital."
  • Banner reads: Курица - не птица, Москва нам - не столица!
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  • Rivne sign
  • A sign next to an orange Yushchenko support tent with the word "Rivne" written on it. Rivne is a city in Western Ukraine. Underneath the word is a map of Ukraine that reads "Map of not our Ukraine"
  • White sign reads: Рівне; Map below reads: Мапа не нашої України
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  • Pro-Yushchenko signs
  • A variety of signs on various kinds of paper (including sticky notes), some handwritten, some printed, expressing support for Yushchenko are taped or glued over each other as a sort of makeshift bulletin board. There are signs announcing support...
  • The printed sign in the plastic sleeve reads: "[Революцiя?] вiдбулася!!! УКРАЇНЦI ХОЧУТЬ ЖИТИ ВIЛЬНО!!! Mи хочемо до Європейської спiльноти ввiйти через дверi, а не "дертися через вiкно". А тому скажемо РАЗОМ: ТАК! ЮЩЕНКО" ([The revolution?] has...
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  • Trezubets - the Ukrainian coat of arms
  • Trezubets is seen among the flags, against the gray winter sky.
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  • This is the Tryzub. It is the symbol of Ukraine. It should be ubiquitous here on Liberty Square but I see only one. Intrigued, I ask why? The Ukrainians explain that it is their national symbol but it is deeply rooted in the Ukrainian nationalism....
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  • Yanukovych supporters inside the Central Terminal
  • Yushchenko supporters are mingling inside the Central Terminal of the Kyiv Passenger Railway Station. A group of protesters are standing or squatting in a semicircle around the camera. Several are smiling at the camera; a man in the center is...
  • The train schedule sign reads: "Розклад прибуття пасажирських поїздів."
  • Bujak's comment: "What do those bands signify? – It's a revolution in our heads.“

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