3R: The Three Ukrainian Revolutions: project aims and current state of research

Abstract

Given the importance of mass protests in the recent history of Ukraine, the 3 Revolutions project aimed to analyze the three most significant waves of protests which have taken place in Ukraine since 1990: the Revolution on Granite (1990); the Orange Revolution (2004-2005); and the Euromaidan Revolution (2013-2014)1. The last three decades in the history of Ukraine have been marked by three powerful waves of protests in the Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) in Kyiv, whose scale and impact have attracted the attention of an international public opinion. The Revolution on Granite in 1990 was the first of these protests, leading, for the first time in the history of the USSR, to a high-ranking official's resignation under the pressure of public opinion, and paving the way for the revolutionary demonstrations of the following years. The revolutions of 2004-2005 and of 2013-2014 were exceptional in terms of their scale and impact on EU and American policies in the region. In particular, the events of 2013-2014, internationally known as "Euromaidan", were met with wide European and international