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MattSh

(3,714 posts)
Sun Mar 2, 2014, 01:02 PM Mar 2014

Inside the Barricades, Kiev - Part 2/4 (Picture heavy)

Statue in front of the Rada, accompanied by the Red and Black flag of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army



Tire collection at the side of the Rada. According to my wife, threats have been made to smoke them out should they vote incorrectly. No wonder there's an unusual number of unanimous votes lately.



Now heading down to the site of the January riots. Here's a boarded up storefront on Hrushevskoho St.



Damaged construction site, Hrushevskoho St.



Inside the first barricade on Hrushevskoho St. Each street had several barricades in place. This was the site of the January riots.



A catapult inside the barricades. This was not the catapult used in the January riots, which did not last that long. This is a new, "improved" version, apparently never used.



Protestors "supplies" in front of Dynamo Stadium.



Another memorial behind the barricades to those who are now known as the "Heavenly Hundred."



Logo of one of the groups associated with Right Sector. Right Sector is considered to be even further to the right, meaning more fascist, than the Svoboda party.



Photo memorial to the dead.



Outside the first barricade, Khreshatyk St.



Between the first and second barricade, Khreshatyk St.

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MattSh

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Sun Mar 2, 2014, 01:06 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024590401

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024590404

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024590408

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024590417


The role of religion in the current Ukrainian crisis.

I’m generally reluctant to post links by amateur historians, though they often seem more on the ball because their prestige as historians is not on the line. Having said this, I find that his analysis is generally spot on in the parts where I have knowledge of that history. And things that seemed a bit far fetched I looked into a bit further and he seems to know his stuff. Having said that, history is one of those things that is open to interpretation at many different levels.

http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2014/02/ukrainian-nationalism-its-roots-and.html
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