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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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  • Women in the Orange Revolution
  • Paraska Korolyuk or Baba Paraska, a Ukrainian political activist and one of the iconic figures of the Orange Revolution, marching towards the Supreme Council with other protesters. Baba Paraska wears an orange helmets and the Ukrainian flag in...
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  • Bujak’s comment: "Marching towards Supreme Council?"
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  • Tent city on Maidan
  • There is a military style tent city in the middle of Khreschatyc Street. There is nobody in front of the tent city except one protester in orange jacket. The blue sign on the building reads "Post Office". Another sign in the middle of the building...
  • The signs read: "Поштамт", "Аптека".
  • Bujak’s comment: "Military style tents, terrible weather: rain, freezing".
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  • Sharing information
  • Two men sharing information in front of one of the set up makeshift chapels. Sign in the background reads: In support of national delegates of the Supreme Council of Ukraine A. L. Derkacha and IU. V. Lutsenka.
  • Sign reads: За підтримки народних депутатів Верховної Ради України А.Л. Деркача та Ю.В. Луценка.
  • Bujak's comment: Make shift chapels were set up.
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  • Orthodox procession in support of Yanukovych
  • An Orthodox Church procession of Yanukovych supporters is marching in the traffic lane of a Kyiv street past a snowy park. A man carrying the lantern is in the front, followed by a man carrying the cross, and others carrying crosses, icons, and...
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  • Bujak's comment: Moscow Patriarchate Orthodox Church procession, supporters of Yanukovych.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Protesters mingling outside the Central Terminal
  • Protesters are mingling outside of the Central Terminal of the Kyiv Passenger Railway Station. A stage has been erected near the Terminal entrance. Yushchenko supporters are wearing orange plastic ponchos, orange ribbons and headbands. One man is...
  • The blue and white Yanukovych banner reads: "За Януковича! Вибiр 2004" (For Yanukovych! The choice for 2004.) The orange Yushchenko flag reads: Вiрю Знаю Можемо. Так! (I believe, I know, we can. Yes!)
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  • Yushchenko supporters rallying on Vokzal'na Square
  • Yushchenko supporters are rallying on Vokzal'na Square, outside of the Kyiv Passenger Railway Station. The Polissia shopping center is visible in the background. Several protesters have climbed onto a platform; they are waiving orange flags in...
  • The sign on the shopping center reads: "Полiсся Торговельний центр". The street sign above reads: "Вулиця Л. Толстого". The signs for the arcade read: "Гральнi автомати". The Ukrainian flag has the word "Галичина" written across it. The orange...
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  • Happy protestors
  • Two women stand smiling in front of the Independence monument. One of them is wearing a bright orange Yushchenko scarf as well as holding a Ukrainian flag. Green tents are visible behind them. In the background protestors are standing with a...
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  • Happy protestors
  • Four protestors are posing for the camera at Maidan in front of the famous Independence monument. One of them is holding up a peace sign, a popular symbol of the revolution.
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  • Communication among protestors
  • Two older women are engaged in a lively conversation on Maidan. They are both wearing colorful floral print head-scarves as well as one of them is wearing a warm Russian style hat due to the cold weather outside. Stationed in the background are a...
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  • Orange store fronts
  • Owners of stores, like this one, near or in the Independence Square, decorated their store fronts orange to show that they support Viktor Yushchenko.
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  • Protestors taking a break from Maidan activities.
  • Group of protestors standing out at Maĭdan Nezalez︠h︡nosti. During the times when there were no speakers and demonstrations, protestors took their time to converse with one another and text or call their families.
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  • Waving Flag
  • An orange flag waves over tent city on a cold, snowy day at Maidan. A man in the background is wearing a Yushchenko "TAK" poster as a cape. There is a snow covered, orange stuffed animal on top of one of the tents.
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  • Signs and banners in the tent city on Khreshchatyk
  • Posters and banners announcing support for Yushchenko from various cities across Ukraine are displayed along the barricades of the tent city on Khreshchatyk. One of the protesters, in a yellow jacket, yellow gloves, and a fur cap with ear flaps is...
  • Posters and banners read (from left to right): "Нова Одеса Так!" (New Odesa Yes!), "Нова Одеса за Ющенко" (Nova Odesa for Yushchenko), "Первомайщина за Ющенка!" (Pervomaisk region for Yushchenko), and "Первомайськ Миколаївська обл. Так! За Ющенка"...
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