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  • Valenok Caricature
  • A Ukrainian felt boot or valenok is hung upside down on a pole in front of a group of protestors. The American flag and the letters USA are drawn on the boot along with a star. Around the boot is an orange ribbon and on top of the boot is an orange...
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  • Valenki: ridiculing the propaganda that the revolution was financed by U.S. (valenki are produced only in Russia).
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  • Valenki: ridiculing the propaganda that the revolution was financed by U.S. (valenki are produced only in Russia).
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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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  • 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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  • Musical instrument of the revolution
  • A protestor is blowing into what was considered to be a musical instrument of the revolution. This instrument produced terrible and disturbing noise. The man is wearing an orange scarf and a sticker on his hat that reads "Freedom can't be stopped."...
  • The sticker on the hat reads: Свободу не спинити. The sticker on the horn reads: Ющенко президент.
  • The musical instrument of the revolution. Sound changes as you extend it. Terrible, disturbing noise.
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  • Cheerful protestor
  • Standing in front of hotel, a young happy protestor is holding up an unseen flag and wearing an orange headband with a "PORA"sticker on top. "PORA" was a youth organization that was prominent during the Orange Revolution. Around his neck is a horn...
  • The headband reads: Молодежь ведет к победе.
  • The musical instrument of the revolution. Sound changes as you extend it. Terrible, disturbing noise.
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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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  • Telephone booths
  • After a long day at the Maidan, revolutionaries are using telephone booths to call home and other places.
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  • Telephones were the instruments of the revolution. Mobile and stationary.
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  • Musical Instrument of the revolution
  • A man is holding a horn that was used as a popular musical instrument of the revolution to rally up the protestors and make the atmosphere at Maidan more upbeat.
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  • Musical Instrument
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  • Morning at Maidan
  • With Ukrainian and Yushchenko flags overhead, people are absorbed in their morning newspapers at Maidan. Many are wearing the color orange to demonstrate their support for the presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko. Yushchenko's famous "TAK"...
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  • Morning at Maidan.
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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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  • Distributing Information
  • Crowd gathering around a hearse plastered with fliers and other information. Many are wearing orange ribbons in order to demonstrate their support for the presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko. The Ukrainian flag is visible overhead.
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  • Funeral vehicle used as moving bulletin board with flyers, current info about protest.
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  • Protesters inside St. Sophia's Cathedral
  • Two young male protesters are posing on the second floor gallery of St. Sophia's Cathedral. One of the protesters is wearing an orange plastic bag as a poncho, the other has orange armbands, an orange headband around his neck, and an orange ribbon...
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  • Bujak's comment: Young men from a distant village who are in Kyiv for the first time for the revolution.
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  • Yanukovych and Yushchenko supporters conversing on Suvorov Street
  • Yanukovych and Yushchenko supporters are mingling outside of the Pechersk District Administration at 15 Suvorov Street. In the foreground, a young Yanukovych supporter with a Ukrainian flag draped around the shoulders is waving a blue and white...
  • Yanukovych flags read: "За Януковича! Вибiр 2004".
  • Bujak's comment: Yanukovych and Yushchenko supporters conversing.
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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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  • Barricade on Maidan
  • Wooden barricade is built over the bench and near the dirty blue bus. The "Tak!" note is written on the back of the bus. Many orange ribbons help to hold the pieces of the barricade together. A big orange sign is seen in the background.
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  • Bujak's comment: Symbolic barricade against the tanks.
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  • Yanukovych and Yushchenko supporters mingling on Suvorov Street
  • A group of Yanukovych supporters are mingling with occasional Yushchenko supporters outside of the Pechersk District Administration at 15 Suvorov Street. Yanukovych supporters are waving blue and white Yanukovych flags. There is snow on the ground...
  • Yanukovych flags read: "За Януковича! Вибiр 2004".
  • Bujak's comment: Supporters of Yanukovych.
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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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  • 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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  • Yushchenko supporters with trident
  • Two Yushchenko supporters with orange ribbons in their clothes are on the nighttime Maidan. One of the men is holding a flagpole topped with the Ukrainian trident, with orange ribbons tied to it, and the flag draped around the flagpole.
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  • Bujak's comment: People from UPA (with trident). UPA has recently become very pro-Poland, even though they continue to be very nationalistic.

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