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  • Sign on Maidan
  • The sign reads: "Donbass, come to us! Mobile - phone, food, hot - bath, clothes, sauna - swimming pool, tennis court". Donbass is informal name of the Donets Basin.
  • The sign reads: "Донбасс, заходи к нам! Мобильные - телефон, пища, горячие - ванны, одежда, сауна - басейн, тенисный корт".
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  • Protesters walking near the tent city in front of subway station
  • Protesters are walking around the tent city in front of a subway station on Khreschatyk street. Some of the protesters wear orange ribbons on their arms and necks. Others wear an orange rain coat in support of Yushchenko's party. The signs on the...
  • The signs read: "Львiв Tопольна Сихiв", "Львiв дякуе Киянам", "Ющенко - за народ! Народ - за Ющенка!"
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  • News correspondents at Maidan
  • Some local, as well, as national news stations came out to interview protestors and provide the nation with the latest news of the Orange Revolution and what exactly was happening at Maidan for those who were not able to be there. The banner of...
  • Banner reads: Скажи так, щоб тебе почув Київ!
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  • Yushchenko supporters rallying on Vokzal'na Square
  • Yushchenko supporters are rallying on Vokzal'na Square, outside of the Kyiv Passenger Railway Station. The Polissia shopping center is visible in the background. Several protesters have climbed onto a platform; they are waiving orange flags in...
  • The sign on the shopping center reads: "Полiсся Торговельний центр". The street sign above reads: "Вулиця Л. Толстого". The signs for the arcade read: "Гральнi автомати". The Ukrainian flag has the word "Галичина" written across it. The orange...
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  • Sticker "war" between Yushchenko and Yanukovych supporters
  • A blue and white Yanukovych banner is strapped with blue ribbons to the fence outside of the Central Terminal of the Kyiv Passenger Railway Station. Yushchenko supporters have covered the banner with orange pro-Yushchenko stickers. Several...
  • The blue and white Yanukovych banner reads: "За Януковича! Вибiр 2004" (For Yanukovych! The choice for 2004.) The stickers read: “Свободу не спинити” (Freedom cannot be stopped), "Так! Ющенко" (Yes! Yushchenko) and "Ющенко--президент!" (Yushchenko...
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  • Crowd viewing speaker on jumbotron
  • Crowd gathers to view and listen to a speaker on a pro-Yushchenko marked jumbotron in wintery weather.
  • Area to the left of the screen reads" "Так Ющенко" Area above the screen reads: "Ющенко-за народі народ- за Ющенко"
  • Bujak's comment: The flat screens were financed by oligarchs. Another system of dispensing information.
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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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  • Orange Banner
  • A banner is being held up by two men. It reads: "Kivalov - Calculate"
  • Banner reads: Ківалов - Підрахуй
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  • Protestors in front of a jumbotron screen
  • Revolutionaries are standing in front of a RAINFORD advertisement screen with orange flags and other Yushchenko gear.
  • Ukrainian flag reads: Спас р-н Коломийський ТАК-Ю!!!
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  • Anti-Russian propaganda
  • The banner ridicules Russia's overwhelming influence in Ukraine by comparing Moscow to a lame flightless bird like a chicken.
  • Sign reads: Курица - не птица, Москва нам - не столица!
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  • News broadcast
  • The Maidan public is watching a news broadcast on a big screen.
  • Ющенко - за народ! Народ - за Ющенка!
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  • People's defense registration
  • Young male protesters are standing outside of a post office window and holding a sign announcing registration for people's defense units per the decree of the Committee of National Salvation. The sign includes a hand-drawn orange Yushchenko logo...
  • The sign reads: "Запис до загонів -народної оборони- за Декретом Комітету Національного порятунку. Майдан Незалежності, вул. Грінченка 1, 3-й поверх." and includes the letters "ДНД". An orange sticker affixed to the sign reads: "Свободу не...
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  • Shevchenko and the Orange Revolution
  • Protestors march through Kiev, most likely towards the Supreme Council. A couple in the front is holding up a sign with a quote from the most beloved Ukrainian author Taras Shevchenko.
  • Yellow sign reads: Борітеся - поборете, вам Бог помагає! Національний музей Тараса Шевченка
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  • Maidan Entertainment
  • Protestors are gathered around a man playing an accordion. Famous Ukrainian ensembles came out to Maidan to play music and entertain protestors, making the overall Maidan atmosphere more lively and cheerful.
  • Sign reads: Народний Фольклорно-Етнографічний Ансамбль, Залужанка. Яворівський район: Львівської області
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  • Protestors in front of tent city
  • A man is standing in front of tent city holding a religious news paper in his hands. The women in the bottom left is enjoying a warm beverage on this cold Ukrainian day.
  • White poster reads : Погребице - Вінниця Yellow poster reads : Так! Ліщинці
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  • "Kuchmizm is me" stickers
  • Stickers sponsored by the organization "PORA"are attached in the shape of the letter "K" onto a bright orange background. It looks like they might spell out Ukraine's former presidents last name "Kuchma." The stickers read "Kuchmizm is me."
  • Sticker reads: кучмізм - це Я
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  • Protesters talking
  • Protesters quietly talking about the problems in their country - Ukraine. A man wears an orange ribbon and a woman holds a flag of Ukraine in support of Yushchenko "Tak!" party.
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  • Protesters talking
  • Protesters from 'orange' and 'blue' factions quietly discussing the problems in their country - Ukraine. They wear orange and blue ribbons, the symbols of their factions.
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  • Independent cats
  • A woman tied an orange bow around the kittens neck and brought it out to participate in the protests going on at Maĭdan Nezalez︠h︡nosti. She is holding the kitten while its looking around at the protestors near by.
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  • 'When the independents - cats- joined (backed) the revolution, the days of the dictatorship were numbered.'
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  • University of Kiev on Theater and TV supports Yushchenko
  • Revolutionaries are standing in front of tent city. One man is wearing a bright orange vest and an orange headband. He also has a revolutionary horn around his neck. Right next to him hangs a sign from the University of Kiev on Theater and TV...
  • Sign reads:Ректор Безгін бреше: Київський Університет Кіно і ТV - за Ющенка!!!
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