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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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  • 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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  • Valenki for the protesters
  • A Yushchenko supporter is carrying several pairs of "valenki" (felt boots) to load them onto a handtruck. He has an orange ribbon tied around his arm and a cell phone strapped to his belt. Behind him is a man with an orange bandana around his neck...
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  • Tired protestor
  • A Yushchenko supporter is sleeping in a chair inside one of the buildings that allowed protestors to temporarily stay over night or simply come inside to warm up after a long and cold night protesting at Maidan.
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  • Lutsenko on jumbotron
  • Third leader of revolution: Lutsenko. He encouraged nonviolent discipline among the revolutionaries because he believed that it was necessary for any successful uprising after the bloodshed in 2001.
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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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  • 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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  • Dinner at Maidan
  • After a long day at the Independence Square, hungry protestors eat dinner composed of hot dogs and juice or other beverages.
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