Embarking on the routes of revolution: why and how ordinary Ukrainian citizens joined their forces on the Maidan (Winter 2013–2014) Cover Image

Embarking on the routes of revolution: why and how ordinary Ukrainian citizens joined their forces on the Maidan (Winter 2013–2014)
Embarking on the routes of revolution: why and how ordinary Ukrainian citizens joined their forces on the Maidan (Winter 2013–2014)

Author(s): Ioulia Shukan
Subject(s): Oral history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Ośrodek »Pamięć i Przyszłość«
Keywords: Maidan;protest;ordinary citizenship;commitment;policitization;Ukraine

Summary/Abstract: On the basis of three typical stories of ordinary citizens’ commitment to Maidan protests, this article sheds light on the representations and endured experiences which motivated them and many other Ukrainians to join the marching revolution. It also depicts the modalities of those citizens’ common protest action, in particular, within their minigroupings (AutoMaidan, “Hell barrel”, “Hromads’kyï Sector”), as well as the politicization process that they have experienced at the protest place and that turned them into revolutionaries who were determined to resist.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 185-206
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: English