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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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  • 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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  • Signs and more signs
  • Maidan and the surrounding areas were filled with signs put up by the revolutionaries from all over Ukraine. It was very popular to make a sign with the name of the city or small town from where you came from in order to show that every part of...
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  • Revolutionaries ready for a day of protesting
  • Yushchenko protestors are conversing amongst each other while getting ready for another day at Maidan. In the back, one of the protestors is holding a Yushchenko flag and another is holding up a sign with the area of where they are from written on...
  • Sign reads: Бучач: с. Озеряни
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  • Proud protestor
  • A Yushchenko protestor proudly holds up a Ukrainian flag with a sign attached to the pole that reads "Donetsk", the city where he is from.
  • Sign reads: Донецьк
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  • Leaving a mark
  • A protestor signing his name and the city where he is from on a poster.
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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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  • A woman of the revolution
  • A woman wearing an orange scarf, holds bright orange roses as she poses for a picture. Behind her thousands of protestors can be seen, as well as, hundreds of flags waving in the air and a stage where many speakers would talk during Maidan events.
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  • Zoomed out view of Maĭdan Nezalez︠h︡nosti
  • In this photograph a mixed sea of crowds and flags is depicted. Towering above the crowds is the stage where political activists and speakers would come out, speak and boost the crowds morales, fueling them with energy and excitement. Behind the...
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  • Solidarity banner
  • Solidarity represented through individual signatures and the names of the towns where they are from on a Yushchenko banner.
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  • Tent City
  • Those individuals who traveled from across the country spent the night at Maĭdan Nezalez︠h︡nosti in what was called tent city. Rows and rows of tents were assembled where protestors socialized and spent the night.
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