Independence Square
Vast central square and protest heart of two revolutions, crowned by a column topped with a guardian figure.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Independence Square in Kyiv follows the singer Ruslana through the winter of twenty thirteen, when the Maidan protests filled this square night after night. It takes in the students camped here before dawn on November thirtieth, the Trade Union building where protesters slept on the floor, and the standoff on one freezing December night. Best heard facing the white column at the centre of the square.
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