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.
Police violently dispersed crowds in Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti (“Independence Square”), and, as the protests continued into December, demonstrators occupied Kyiv’s city hall and called on Yanukovych to resign.
On this page, we offer you a taste of the revolution and what it means for Ukraine and the region. Experience what it was like to be part of Euromaidan with our collection of insider materials about the protests. My Maidan. A tribute to the revolution that changed us forever - describes life on Maidan. Protests took place in other cities too.
As the protests in Kyiv’s Independence Square, or Maidan, continued into 2014, the government began cracking down on the demonstrators. The size of the protests only grew in reaction and turned into what was termed “the revolution of dignity.”
Today we are talking to Igor Bigun, a researcher, Candidate of Sciences, and officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 2013-2014, he was a student and active participant in the Maidan protests. He also participated directly in the Maidan self-defense forces.
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