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20: Maidan and Self-Understanding with guest lecturer Marci Shore

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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Ukraine Is Europe

On November 30th, protesters took to the Maidan in Kiev. They stayed for about nine days declaring that Ukraine is Europe. On December 1st, they were beaten up by riot police under pressure from Putin. This was a shock because there had been a tacit social contract on violence against its own people.

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