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An activist pays tribute at a memorial for the more than 100 Maidan activists who were killed during the 2014 Ukranian revolution, at a memorial event near Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on February 20th, 2019. Ukraine is marking the fifth anniversary of the bloody end to the revolution that ousted Russian-backed president Viktor Yanukovych between February 18th and February 20th, 2014.

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Viewfinder: Commemorating the Violent End of Ukraine’s Revolution

An activist pays tribute at a memorial for the more than 100 Maidan activists who were killed during the 2014 Ukranian revolution, at a memorial event near Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on February 20th, 2019.

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A mass march takes place in Kiev, Ukraine, on January 29th, 2018, to mark the 100th anniversary of a battle near the the small Ukrainian city of Kruty. On January 29th, 1918, Soviet Russia sought to absorb the then-Ukrainian state, sparking a clash between several hundred Ukrainian People's Republic's troops and several thousand soldiers of the Red Guard.

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Viewfinder: Marching in Ukraine to Commemorate a Long-Ago Fight Against Russia

A mass march takes place in Kiev, Ukraine, on January 29th, 2018, to mark the 100th anniversary of a battle near the the small Ukrainian city of Kruty.

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Viewfinder: An Easter Festival in Ukraine

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