Euromaidan

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political crisis protest movement revolution

Euromaidan was a mass pro-European and anti-government protest movement in Ukraine from late 2013 to early 2014 that led to the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych and a major shift in the country’s political direction.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Euromaidan protests 3
Revolution of Dignity 2
2014 Ukrainian revolution 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political crisis ⓘ
protest movement ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Euromaidan ⓘ
surface form: Maidan

Euromaidan ⓘ
surface form: Revolution of Dignity
commemoratedBy Day of Dignity and Freedom ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
endTime 2014-02-22 ⓘ
hasCause police brutality against protesters ⓘ
suspension of Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement ⓘ
widespread corruption in Ukraine ⓘ
hasMemorial Heavenly Hundred memorial in Kyiv ⓘ
hasMotto Ukraine is Europe ⓘ
ideology anti-corruption ⓘ
pro-European integration ⓘ
pro-democracy ⓘ
influenced Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 ⓘ
war in Donbas ⓘ
location Kyiv NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maidan Nezalezhnosti ⓘ
multiple cities in Ukraine ⓘ
mainOpposingForce Berkut special police units ⓘ
National Police of Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian security forces
mediaCoverageLanguage English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
numberOfParticipants hundreds of thousands ⓘ
opposed Viktor Yanukovych ⓘ
surface form: Viktor Yanukovych government
partOf post-Soviet color revolutions context ⓘ
peakNumberOfParticipants over 800000 in Kyiv ⓘ
politicalOppositionLeaders Arseniy Yatsenyuk ⓘ
Oleh Tyahnybok ⓘ
Vitali Klitschko ⓘ
precededBy Orange Revolution ⓘ
relatedTo Ukraine–European Union relations ⓘ
Ukrainian nationalism ⓘ
human rights in Ukraine ⓘ
result Euromaidan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2014 Ukrainian revolution

early presidential elections in Ukraine in 2014 ⓘ
formation of an interim government in Ukraine ⓘ
ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych ⓘ
shift toward pro-European Union policies in Ukraine ⓘ
significantEvent Hrushevskoho Street riots in January 2014 ⓘ
flight of Viktor Yanukovych from Kyiv ⓘ
shootings of protesters in February 2014 ⓘ
signing of 21 February 2014 agreement between Yanukovych and opposition ⓘ
violent dispersal of students on 2013-11-30 ⓘ
startTime 2013-11-21 ⓘ
triggered constitutional changes in Ukraine in 2014 ⓘ
victimsCollectiveName Heavenly Hundred ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Euromaidan → alsoKnownAs → Euromaidan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maidan
Euromaidan → alsoKnownAs → Euromaidan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Revolution of Dignity
Slava Ukrayini → associatedWith → Euromaidan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euromaidan protests
Russo-Ukrainian War → cause → Euromaidan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euromaidan and 2014 Ukrainian revolution
Party of Regions → declineCause → Euromaidan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euromaidan protests
Ukraine → historicalEvent → Euromaidan ⓘ
Ukraine → historicalEvent → Euromaidan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Revolution of Dignity
Slava Ukrayini → notableUse → Euromaidan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity
Party of Regions → opposedBy → Euromaidan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euromaidan movement
Western Ukraine → playedRoleIn → Euromaidan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euromaidan protests
Euromaidan → result → Euromaidan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2014 Ukrainian revolution