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ThreeRevolutions
Aresearchproject
GEORGESMINK,PAWEŁKOWAL
Systemtransformationofpost-SovietUkraineisoneof
themostinterestingtopicsforresearchersaroundthe
world.Understandingthisprocessrequiresadeeper
lookintosocialdevelopmentsthattookplaceinthis
countryoverthelast25years.Teyhaveledtoatleast
threemassprotestsorganisedinKyiv:theRevolutionon
Granite,theOrangeRevolutionandtheEuroMaidan.
Teresearchproject,titledTreeRevolutions(3R),whichisbeingcarriedout
attheCollegeofEuropeNatolin*,referstothreesocialandpoliticalupheavals
whichhavetakenplaceinUkrainesincethecollapseoftheSovietUnion.Wehave
decidedtocallthesethreebreakthroughmomentsurevolutions”
,fullyawarethat
recognisingthemasrevolutionaryisaresearchhypothesis,notagiven.Tehy-
pothesisshouldbefurtherinvestigated,andsuchisoneofthegoalsoftheresearch
team.Anotherthornyissueissettlingontheactualnumberofproteststhathave
takenplaceattheMaidanSquare.Somecommentatorsclaimthatutheremight
beathirdMaidan”
,whichsuggeststhat,asfarastheprotesteventsinUkraine
areconcerned,theonlyonesthatshouldberecognisedasurevolutions”arethe
*Partnerinstitutionsforthisprojectinclude:Kyiv-MohylaAcademy,HarvardUkrainianResearch
Institute,theInstituteofPoliticalStudiesofthePolishAcademyofSciences,theCenterforEastern
EuropeanStudiesattheUniversityofWarsaw,UniversityCollegeLondon(SchoolofSlavonicand
EastEuropeanStudies),UniversityofAlbertaCanadianInstituteofUkrainianStudies,theCentre
d’étudesdesmondesRusseCaucasienetCentreEuropéen(CNRS-EHESS),Paris.
