One year ago.......

These photos are from November 22, 2004. The first day of Ukraine's Orange Revolution. Orange is the colour of Viktor Yushchenko's campaign & where the revolution takes its name. There were more people even later on, but this day was was one of the most shocking. I don't think anyone expected what was about to happen for the next two months. I was lucky enough to be in Kyiv on this first day (much of the first week), as well as when the Supreme Court announced their decision of over-turn in second election and hold a run-off. Truly amazing nights on the streets of Kyiv!!
These pics are of Maidan Nezalezhnosti or Independence Square, where evetually a stage was set up and the opposition (Yushchenko & Team) would come out nightly and address the crowds, celebrities would perform & many speeches were given.









This says "Stop Lying"




Another night when I was truly amazed is when journalist from 3 tv stations came on stage and said they would no longer be controlled by the government and vowed from that day forward to act on their own and report the truth. I remember watching that on tv in my apt with friends on Channel 5. Before that night Channel 5 was the only channel to not be ruled by the government and was under constant harassment & being shut down from time to time.