🇺🇦 The revolution of dignity in Ukraine took place from November 2013 to February 2014. It was in November that young people, mostly students, came to the Maidan for the first time with a peaceful protest. And they were aggressively dispersed by a special unit called "Golden eagle" on November 30, 2013. This event was a turning point in the revolution, because after that people from all over the country began to gather in Kyiv for the Maidan and its environs. The protest became large-scale.
It is known that the protesters were on the Maidan for four months. They clashed with security forces, who periodically tried to push back the peaceful crowd. And here comes January 2014. This month, the whole country will learn about the first deaths of revolutionaries. They will receive real bullets from security forces while protesting on Hrushevskoho Street in Kyiv (near Maidan, another location for revolutionaries).
But the revolution did not end there. It took on a different color. People were shocked by the killings, abductions and beatings of protesters. Many people were simply not found, they were taken away by paddy wagons in an unknown direction, and persecution began. The building of trade unions, where some of the revolutionaries were based, was set on fire, the bodies of people were found there ... (I am attaching a photo of the burned house)
In February 2014, dark days came for the Ukrainian people. Hundreds of Ukrainian revolutionaries were shot dead in Kyiv from February 18 to the 20th. The country woke up another on February 20, 2014. Turning on the news, it was possible to watch live how I shot the revolutionaries on Institutska Street (the current name is the Alley of Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred).
Every minute Ukrainians learned the names of the dead. These were ordinary people of all ages, including even teenagers. They all died from sniper bullets ... And they were called the Heavenly Hundred.
And today I want to show the Alley of Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred a month and a half after those shootings. April 5, 2014. It was a very emotional trip, because we haven't visited the Maidan since the shootings, but we wanted to go there. I was then very impressed by everything I saw.
It is difficult to put into words my feelings when I walk the Alley of Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred. I suggest you take a look at what this street looked like immediately after the tragic events in Ukraine.
All photos taken on Canon Canon PowerShot SX10 IS 📸
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