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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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  • Young protesters
  • Three young protesters wearing white headbands in kamikaze style to demonstrate their commitment to hunger strike.
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  • Bujak’s comment: "Bands around heads (kamikaze style) symbolize commitment to hunger strike."
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  • Young protesters
  • Young protesters wearing white headbands in kamikaze style to demonstrate their commitment to hunger strike; a lady talking into the microphone. Some of the protesters wear orange ribbons, scarf, T-shirt.
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  • Bujak’s comment: "Bands around heads (kamikaze style) symbolize commitment to hunger strike."
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  • Young protesters
  • Radical students from Hora, a neighborhood in Kiev, announcing hunger strike inside a club where the press conferences took place. One of the students wears an orange scarf, another one wears orange ribbons in support of Yushchenko "Tak!" party.
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  • Bujak’s comment: "Bands around heads (kamikaze style) symbolize commitment to hunger strike."
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  • Young protesters
  • Radical students from Hora, a neighborhood in Kiev, announcing hunger strike inside a club where the press conferences took place.
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  • Bujak’s comment: "Radical students from Hora announcing hunger strike. Inside a club where the press conferences were taken place. Bands around heads (kamikaze style) symbolize commitment to hunger strike."
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  • Yanukovych supporters inside the Central Terminal
  • Yushchenko supporters are mingling inside the Central Terminal of the Kyiv Passenger Railway Station. A group of protesters are standing or squatting in a semicircle around the camera. Several are smiling at the camera; a man in the center is...
  • The train schedule sign reads: "Розклад прибуття пасажирських поїздів."
  • Bujak's comment: "What do those bands signify? – It's a revolution in our heads.“
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • Barricades in the Orange Revolution
  • Protesters from Sopiv, a region in Ukraine, are sitting behind the barricades. Many protesters are standing around the soup kitchen in the back of the picture. The sign reads: "Sopiv supports Yushchenko!"
  • Sign reads: "Сопів за Ющенка!"
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  • Protesters on the street
  • Protesters on the street; a woman in an orange scarf seriously looking at what happening around.
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  • Elderly protestor
  • An elderly woman is holding up a bouquet with orange flowers and wheat, a symbol of Ukraine. She is wearing a Ukrainian floral head-scarf and a bright orange scarf around her neck. She is sitting in a passenger seat of an older car being driven...
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  • Cat of the Revolution
  • A woman is holding up a kitten with an orange ribbon tied around its neck.
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  • Tying a shoelace
  • A man is kneeling down and tying a woman's shoelace. She is wearing orange ribbons around both of her legs as well as her neck and her hand. She is also wearing a headband demonstrating support for the Ukrainian youth organization "PORA" and around...
  • Poster reads: Суми ТАК!
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