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  • Generosity of Kiev citizens
  • The citizens of Kiev brought out homemade tea, coffee, and other commodities to distribute to the protestors who have been out on Maidan all night long.
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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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  • Information van on a Kyiv street
  • Pedestrians are reading pro-Yushchenko information leaflets taped to the rear window of a minivan parked on a Kyiv street. Several people have orange ribbons tied to their clothes. There are orange ribbons tied to the fence in the background.
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  • Bujak's comment: Revolution needs rapid flow and easy access to information. Everybody needs to know what is happening. This is a key requirement for the leaders (if they have been already chosen) to be trusted. The organizers of the Orange...
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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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  • Daily commotion
  • During the day Maidan was also filled with hundreds of people, preparing for the long night of protesting ahead. Citizens who came to Maidan from different cities in Ukraine made posters, like the one in the picture, to show that the people in...
  • Poster reads: Нововолинськ Так!
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  • Farmers at the Independence Square
  • Farmers protesting aggressive policy of privatizing.
  • White banners read: Уряд негайно у відставку; Ні терору проти фермерів
  • Here are the peasants. They are protesting against the terror that they experience. This is a part of the Ukrainian society that suffered greatly at the hands of the Soviet authorities. Forced collectivization of the farmland led to the famine and...
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  • Information van on a Kyiv street
  • Pedestrians are reading pro-Yushchenko information leaflets taped to the rear window of a minivan parked on a Kyiv street. Several people have orange ribbons tied to their clothes.
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  • Bujak's comment: Revolution needs rapid flow and easy access to information. Everybody needs to know what is happening. This is a key requirement for the leaders (if they have been already chosen) to be trusted. The organizers of the Orange...

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