The scene in Sevastopol

From: The Ukrainian Weekly | Date: February 6, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

de Zardain, Paul
Ukrainian Weekly, The
02-06-2005
On New Year's Eve, Kyiv's Independence Square might as well have been
Tibet. Snowflakes were falling on the maidan as hundreds of orange banners
fluttered in the wind. Children marched down Institutska Street with flags
strapped to their fishing poles. Further down on the Khreschatyk, Kyiv's
main boulevard, student protesters roasted chestnuts in an improvised tent
city. Kyiv was entranced by its commitment to a cause. Were these the
architects of revolution? Yes -- and they could hardly believe they had
won.

The maidan, a popular name for ...

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