On 21 November, Ukraine marks the 10th anniversary of the Revolution of Dignity. The country also marks the annual Day of Dignity and Freedom. It was established by presidential decree on 13 November 2014 to mark the beginning of two significant events in Ukraine's modern history - the 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2013 Revolution of Dignity.
The Day of Dignity and Freedom can be seen as a follower of Freedom Day, which was celebrated on 22 November from 2005 to 2011 in honor of the Orange Revolution, but was canceled, reports Ukrinform.
Today, the Heavenly Hundred memorial in Kyiv is not crowded. Traditionally, it is the families of the victims who come.
It was on 21 November 2013 that the first protests of the Ukrainians took place in response to the decision of the former government to stop the course towards European integration and to cancel the process of preparation for the signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union.
However, unlike the events of the Orange Revolution, this time the defense of dignity and freedom cost the lives of many Ukrainian patriots: 106 people were killed and more than 2,000 were injured. In the spring of 2014, Russia's armed aggression began, accompanied by the occupation of Crimea and certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Viacheslav Ratynskyi — Ukrainian reporter and documentary photographer. He was born in the city of Zhytomyr. He has been living and working in Kyiv for the last 9 years. Graduate of the Faculty of Journalism of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. He has been published in many Ukrainian publications (Ukrainska Pravda, Hromadske, Novoe Vremia, Focus, Forbes, Ukrainian Week, Reporters and others), as well as in a number of foreign publications (Time, The Guardian, The Wall Street journal, The Washington mail, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, The New York Times, El Pais, Radio Freedom Europe, BBC, Reuters, Der Spiegel).
Photographer's social networks: Facebook, Instagram
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Researcher of the topic, author of the text: Vira Labych
Bildeditor: Vyacheslav Ratynskyi
Literary Editor: Julia Futei
Site Manager: Vladislav Kuhar
Read also: Beware, the revolution is coming. Events of the Maidan in the photographs of Vyacheslav Ratinsky
On 21 November, Ukraine marks the 10th anniversary of the Revolution of Dignity. The country also marks the annual Day of Dignity and Freedom. It was established by presidential decree on 13 November 2014 to mark the beginning of two significant events in Ukraine's modern history - the 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2013 Revolution of Dignity.
The Day of Dignity and Freedom can be seen as a follower of Freedom Day, which was celebrated on 22 November from 2005 to 2011 in honor of the Orange Revolution, but was canceled, reports Ukrinform.
Today, the Heavenly Hundred memorial in Kyiv is not crowded. Traditionally, it is the families of the victims who come.
It was on 21 November 2013 that the first protests of the Ukrainians took place in response to the decision of the former government to stop the course towards European integration and to cancel the process of preparation for the signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union.
However, unlike the events of the Orange Revolution, this time the defense of dignity and freedom cost the lives of many Ukrainian patriots: 106 people were killed and more than 2,000 were injured. In the spring of 2014, Russia's armed aggression began, accompanied by the occupation of Crimea and certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Viacheslav Ratynskyi — Ukrainian reporter and documentary photographer. He was born in the city of Zhytomyr. He has been living and working in Kyiv for the last 9 years. Graduate of the Faculty of Journalism of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. He has been published in many Ukrainian publications (Ukrainska Pravda, Hromadske, Novoe Vremia, Focus, Forbes, Ukrainian Week, Reporters and others), as well as in a number of foreign publications (Time, The Guardian, The Wall Street journal, The Washington mail, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, The New York Times, El Pais, Radio Freedom Europe, BBC, Reuters, Der Spiegel).
Photographer's social networks: Facebook, Instagram
The material was worked on:
Researcher of the topic, author of the text: Vira Labych
Bildeditor: Vyacheslav Ratynskyi
Literary Editor: Julia Futei
Site Manager: Vladislav Kuhar
Read also: Beware, the revolution is coming. Events of the Maidan in the photographs of Vyacheslav Ratinsky
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