Revolution on the Maidan vol 3
36 Hours in Key West
Revolution on the Maidan vol 1
Revolution on the Maidan vol 2
After Yanukovich ran away to Russia with most of his loot, peace finally arrived, but at a steep price: nearly one hundred people were killed, many shot in the head/eyes by Yanukovich’s (and Putin’s) snipers. Candles and flowers were everywhere, with people mourning those who gave their lives so that the Ukrainians (i.e., their children) no longer have to live under corrupt dictators like Yanukovich and Putin, as their parents did in the Soviet days under the likes of Scherbitsky (Moscow’s brutal enforcer in Ukraine) and Brezhnev (senile dictator in charge of USSR during the Cold War).
Eventually, as the pring turned to summer, the real fighters went home. The celebrations of victory were over, and a completely different group of protestors took the place of students, revolutionaries and fighters: people who had nowhere else to go. The great Maidan Revolution ended, like many other great revolutions before it, with bums and beggars occupying the tents that once belonged to the heroes.
The last series of photos are perhaps the most telling ones: one year after the protests began you can see Ukrainian nationalists carrying their torches down Shevchenko Boulevard in a victory march, but if you look closely at some of their flags, you will see skulls and accompanying insignia that will send shivers down your spine.
To purchase this photo album, please visit Alex Frishberg’s author page on Amazon.com
Revolution on the Maidan vol 3
36 Hours in Key West
Revolution on the Maidan vol 1
Revolution on the Maidan vol 2
After Yanukovich ran away to Russia with most of his loot, peace finally arrived, but at a steep price: nearly one hundred people were killed, many shot in the head/eyes by Yanukovich’s (and Putin’s) snipers. Candles and flowers were everywhere, with people mourning those who gave their lives so that the Ukrainians (i.e., their children) no longer have to live under corrupt dictators like Yanukovich and Putin, as their parents did in the Soviet days under the likes of Scherbitsky (Moscow’s brutal enforcer in Ukraine) and Brezhnev (senile dictator in charge of USSR during the Cold War).
Eventually, as the pring turned to summer, the real fighter
s went home. The celebrations of victory were over, and a completely different group of protestors took the place of students, revolutionaries and fighters: people who had nowhere else to go. The great Maidan Revolution ended, like many other great revolutions before it, with bums and beggars occupying the tents that once belonged to the heroes.
The last series of photos are perhaps the most telling ones: one year after the protests began you can see Ukrainian nationalists carrying their torches down Shevchenko Boulevard in a victory march, but if you look closely at some of their flags, you will see skulls and accompanying insignia that will send shivers down your spine.
To purchase this photo album, please visit Alex Frishberg’s author page on Amazon.com