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Onceaprotester,alwaysaprotester,KaterynaPryshchepa
Opinion&Analysis
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Photo:Ukrinform.
OnOctober2nd1990agroupofstudentsputuptentsinthecentralsquareofKyiv.
wereconvincedthattherewerebetterwaystoopposethesystemthananopen
street-basedprotest.”
Indeed,theuradicalyouth”thatgatheredinindependentstudentorganisations
didnotseeeye-to-eyewiththeoldergenerationofSovietdissidents,whowere
advocatingfortheuseofmoreformalmethodsofprotest.Forthatpurposethey
wantedtousetheparliamentaryoppositiongroupuNarodnaRada”thatwases-
tablishedaftertheMarch1990electiontotheSupremeCounciloftheUkrainian
SocialSovietRepublic.Althoughthegroupwasaclearminority,itwasstillable
tovoiceoppositionalviewsduringparliamentarydebates.Tat,however,wasnot
enoughfortheyouth.
Goodorganisation,noplanning
Preparationsfortheprotestswerenotwellplanned–theywereratherhasty.
AsNataliaKlymovskaillustrates:uOnthenextdayaftertheywenttoKyiv,theguys
calledusinLviv,askingforsomeonetocomeoverandbringsomethingswhich
theyneededbutforgottotakealong.SoIimmediatelyvolunteeredandwentto
thecapital.”Notmuchthoughtwasputintotheorganisationofthehungerstrike
either.uWecametothestrikerightafterMarkiyanIvashchyshyn’swedding.We
werestillfinishingsomefoodonthetraintoKyiv,justrightbeforethestartofthe
