Euromaidan was the largest democratic mass movement in Europe since 1989 [94] and led to the 2014 Revolution of Dignity. During the uprising, Independence Square (Maidan) in Kyiv was a huge protest camp occupied by thousands of protesters and protected by makeshift barricades.

In November 2013, a wave of large-scale protests known as "Euromaidan" began in response to President Yanukovych's decision not to sign a political association and free trade agreement with the European Union (EU), instead choosing closer ties to Russia. Euromaidan soon developed into the largest democratic mass movement in Europe since 1989. [29]

Feb 23, 2014 · What were the Euromaidan protests about? The protests were more than a demand for closer EU relations; they were a rejection of injustice as a way of life and of the post-Soviet politics of corruption and nepotism.

Apr 8, 2025 · More than 20 were killed and hundreds were wounded when government forces attempted to retake the Maidan on February 18. The 25,000 protesters remaining in the square ringed their encampment with bonfires in an attempt to forestall another assault.

Nov 21, 2024 · Known as the Revolution of Dignity, the Euromaidan represented the people’s struggle for human rights and personal dignity in the face of state violence. It embodied a fight for genuine democracy and national self-respect, marking Ukraine’s true return to …

Euromaidan (Ukrainian: Євромайдан, romanized: Yevromaidan, lit. 'Euro Square' [nb 1], Russian: Евромайдан, Jevromajdán) was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on the night of 21 November 2013 with large …

Nov 21, 2021 · Eight years ago, the Euromaidan revolution started in Kyiv. Initially springing up against then-President Yanukovych’s foreign policy U-turn in the refusal to sign the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, it grew into a protest against police violence and the corrupt regime itself.

Feb 23, 2023 · Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, was the focal point of the 2014 Euromaidan revolution. On the morning of Feb. 20, 2014, snipers killed up to 50 protesters. Tension had been building for three...

ユーロマイダン （ウクライナ語： Євромайдан 、 ロシア語： Евромайдан, Yevromaidan）とは、 ウクライナ で起きた 市民運動 のことで、 2013年 11月21日 夜に 首都 キーウ にある 独立広場 における デモ活動 に始まり、 2014年 の マイダン革命（尊厳の革命） [1][2] （ユーロ・マイダン革命） [3] では、親ロシア派の ヴィクトル・ヤヌコーヴィチ 大統領 の追放をもたら …

Aug 4, 2017 · Reacting to Kyiv events, Russia annexed Ukrainian Crimea and fueled a military conflict in eastern Ukraine. This article presents a short history of Euromaidan and a survey of the growing literature that has examined its conditions, dynamics, and outcomes.