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  • Banner displaying solidarity
  • A pro-Yushchenko poster hangs from a metal fence. Along with the Yushchenko slogan it also says "Those who have many children will benefit the nation most."
  • Poster reads: Так Ющенко! Сокаль - Хто діток багато має той про націю подбає!
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  • Creative slogans
  • Inspirational and creative slogans were written on posters and hung up all over the streets not just around Maidan but all over Ukraine. This one in particular tells Ukraine to stand up and quit being silent, letting the bandits rule their country.
  • White banner reads: Вставай Україно! Досить мовчати, годі бандитам при владі стояти... Orange banner reads: Дружківка з Донецька за Ющенко!
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  • Crowd gathers around jumbotron
  • Crowd grathers around jumbotron after snowfall waving Ukrainian flags and holding pro-Yushchenko banners
  • Yellow banner reads: "так Ющенко"
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  • Day protestors
  • Protestors are out at the Maĭdan Nezalez︠h︡nosti square participating in the activities despite the cold weather and the light snow. Even elderly people showed up to protest and support their country as well as their favorite candidate. Protestors...
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  • Flag on Maidan
  • There is a flag made by protesters from Zhmerynka district. The flag reads: "Zhmerynka district Mohylivka Demydivka Brailiv Tak!".
  • The flag reads: "Жмеринський район Могилівка Демидiвка Браїлів Так!"
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  • Funding for the Orange Revolution
  • The flat screens were financed by oligarchs. Another system of dispensing information.
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  • Maĭdan Nezalez︠h︡nosti filled with protestors even on a snow day
  • Protestors are standing around snowy Maĭdan Nezalez︠h︡nosti wearing warm winter gear and orange paraphernalia to show off their support for Viktor Yushchenko.
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  • March of the Orange Revolutionaries
  • Protestors lined up on a snowy winter day and marched through the capital, holding up flags, posters, signs, and other paraphernalia. Despite the cold weather and the snow, thousands of people came out to support their country and participate in...
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  • Marching through Kiev
  • Protestors are marching through the Kiev streets. Many of them are wearing orange ribbons attached to their clothes. Some are holding up flags and posters. A man in the front of the crowd has the word "yes" taped to his jacket and pants.
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  • Marching to Maidan
  • One of the marches heading to Maidan in the middle of the week, expecting an attack from the army. The march has few women and deliberately no children. Women stayed behind to prepare nursing equipment (bandages). A very tense day.
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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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  • Men in camouflage jackets
  • Three men dressed in camouflage army attire are posing for a photograph. The one on the left is holding up a peace sign.
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  • Monument
  • Orange ribbons are tied around the feet and hands of a monument.
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  • National solidarity
  • Posters representing solidarity of various towns across the Ukraine.
  • Yellow sign reads: Львів не відступить White banner reads: Ізмаильщина за Ющенко!
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  • Obertyn with Yushchenko
  • The poster above the crowds reads "Obertyn yes!" Obertyn is a city in Western Ukraine.
  • Poster reads: Обертин так!
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  • Orange revolution posters in support of Yushchenko
  • The poster on the left reads "Chervonograd Medical Students:YES!" Maidan Nezalezhnosti and the surrounding streets were covered up entirely by similar posters and banners.
  • White sign reads: Червоноград медики так! Orange sign reads: Дружківка за Ющенка
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  • Orange sign on Maidan
  • There is a big orange sign made by students from Ostroh Academy, a national autonomous research university of Ukraine. The sign reads: "Ostroh Academy, and rector with us, Tak Tak, the president is my friend!!! Y!" The small "Tak!" sign is attached...
  • The sign reads: "Острозька академіr, і ректор з нами, Tak Tak, президент - мій друг !!! Ю!"
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  • Peace sign made out snow
  • Protestors built a giant peace sign out of snow and tied a red ribbon around one of the fingers. Peace signs were an important symbol of the Orange Revolution.
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  • Pease sign made out of snow
  • A peace sign made out entirely of snow with an orange ribbon tied to the finger.
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  • Playing chess on snow
  • Two snow-covered men are playing chess in the middle of the night. One of them holds a pole with an orange flag, another protester wears a yellow neckerchief. There is a tent city behind them. The sign on the chest of the man on the right reads...
  • The sign reads: "Tak!"
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