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2004/2005OrangeRevolutionandthe2013/2014EuroMaidan.Socialactivist,
NataliyaZubar,however,speaksaboutsevenMaidansinthehistoryofpost-Soviet
Ukraine.Teseinclude:theRevolutionontheGranite,the2000–2001uUkraine
withoutKuchma”protests,theOrangeRevolution,theuAgainstCorruption”pro-
test(July2006-March2007),theTaxMaidan(November-December2010),the
LanguageMaidan(July-August2012),andtheEuroMaidan.
Signifcantmeaning
Althoughalotstillremainsunknown,onethingiscertain:thephenomenonof
systemtransformationinpost-SovietUkraineisoneofthemostinterestingtopics
forresearchersaroundtheworld.TereisnodoubtthatcontemporaryUkraine
hashadatleastthreemassprotestsorganisedattheIndependenceSquareinKyiv.
Teseare:the1990RevolutiononGranite,the2004/2005OrangeRevolution
andthe2013/2014EuroMaidan(oftenreferredtoastheRevolutionofDignity).
TeRevolutiononGranitewasthefirstwaveofMaidanprotestsinthehistory
ofcontemporaryUkraine.Itledtothedepartureofahigh-levelofcial,thefirstin
theUSSR’shistory,anditwasakindofprefiguration,amodelfortherevolution-
aryeventsthattookplaceinUkraineinthesubsequentyears.Italsoenteredthe
canonofnon-violentrevolutions.
Te2004/2005and2013/2014revolutionshadawiderreachandmobilised
Ukrainiansocietyatanunprecedentedlevel.Teyalsohadanimpactoncontem-
poraryEuropeandtheEuropeanUnionandUnitedStates’policiestowardsthe
region.Tese,inturn,influencedbothUkraine’sinternalandexternalańairs.Tus,
Westernreceptionoftherevolutionaryeventsin
Ukraineisoneofthemostinterestingphenomenathat
Westernreception
wehavebeenexamining,especiallyinthecontextof
oftherevolutionary
theEuroMaidan.
eventsinUkraine
OuranalysisoftheMaidanprotestsinvolvesvarious
researchperspectives,includingacomparativeanaly-
isoneofthe
sis.Forexample:wetrytodeterminetowhatextent
mostinteresting
these20thand21stcenturyrevolutionsarerootedin
phenomena.
Ukrainianpoliticalculture,whataretheinfluencesof
theCossacktradition,andwhatroleisplayedbyWesternvaluessuchas:liberal
democracyornationalism.WearealsolookingatUkraine’sprotestsandrevolutions
throughtheprismtheoriesonrevolutionarymovementswhichareputforward
byresearchersaroundtheworld.Weareparticularlyinterestedinunderstanding
towhatextenttheprotestactionswefocusonhavebeenrevolutionsorurefolu-
