Maidan Nezalezhnosti
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Maidan Nezalezhnosti or Independence Square is the central town square of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. One of the city's main squares, it is located on Khreshchatyk Street in the Shevchenko Raio
General view of the square in 2018
A trolleybus stop in Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Khreshchatyk Square during the 1850s
An early 20th-century Russian postcard depicting the Dumskaya, as the square was then called. The Kyiv City Duma is seen in the centre.
Ukraine without Kuchma
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"Ukraine without Kuchma" was a mass protest campaign that took place in Ukraine in 2000–2001, demanding the resignation of President Leonid Kuchma. Unlike the subsequent Orange Revolution, "Ukraine wi
Mass protest in Khreschatyk, 6 February 2001
Mass clashes with Berkut in Kyiv, 9 March 2001
Leonid Kuchma