--- title: The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war», a lesson of the history course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In 2004 a presidential election was falsified, and hundreds of thousands of people in orange scarves stood peacefully on Kyi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/) / The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and… # The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war Lesson 49 of the history course of Mova's primary school: 14 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/0/) — In 2004 a presidential election was falsified, and hundreds of thousands of people in orange scarves stood peacefully on Kyiv's Maidan, the main square, until the Supreme Court ordered a fair re-vote; it was like a class that saw the votes for class captain counted wrongly and calmly asked for a recount. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/1/) — In late 2013 President Yanukovych dropped an agreement with the EU, students protested, police beat them, and the protest grew into the Revolution of Dignity; in February 2014 about a hundred protesters were killed, remembered as the Heavenly Hundred, and Yanukovych fled to Russia. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/2/) — Soon Russian troops without badges seized Crimea, and a Russian-backed war began in parts of Donetsk and Luhansk; in July 2014 a missile shot down flight MH17 and all 298 people on board died, and international investigators found the missile was a Buk brought from Russia. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/3/) — On 24 February 2022 Russia launched a full-scale invasion; Kyiv held, Ukraine freed Kharkiv region and Kherson, and the war goes on, with millions of refugees; Danylo's grandmother came from Kharkiv, and the teacher first asked how his family was. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/4/) — The wise lesson: history that is still happening needs care, true numbers and kind words; say what most of the world and the courts say, name terrible things truthfully without detail, and remember that maps tell the truth more calmly than slogans. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/5/) — After a falsified presidential election (one whose votes were counted dishonestly) in November 2004, hundreds of thousands protested peacefully on Kyiv's Maidan; the Supreme Court ordered a re-run, which Viktor Yushchenko won. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/7/) — In February 2014 about a hundred protesters were killed on and near the Maidan, many by snipers (hidden shooters), and police officers also died; the dead protesters are honoured as the «Heavenly Hundred», and Yanukovych fled to Russia. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/8/) — In February–March 2014 Russian troops without insignia (badges) seized Crimea; a referendum held under occupation was followed by annexation (Russia declaring the land its own), the UN General Assembly called the referendum invalid, and Russia later admitted the soldiers were its troops. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/10/) — On 17 July 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine and all 298 people died; a Dutch-led (led by the Netherlands) international investigation found a Buk missile brought from Russia, and a Dutch court convicted three men in 2022. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/11/) — On 24 February 2022 Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine; its forces reached Kyiv's outskirts but withdrew from the north by early April, and the war continues with heavy losses and millions of refugees, as is widely reported. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/12/) — Many analysts expected Kyiv to fall within days in 2022; President Zelensky stayed in the capital and Ukrainian forces stopped the attack north of the city. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/13/) — After Russian troops withdrew from Bucha near Kyiv in spring 2022, investigators found many civilians killed; the UN and international courts are investigating war crimes there. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/14/) — In autumn 2022 Ukraine liberated much of the Kharkiv region and, in November, the city of Kherson on the Dnipro; large areas in the east and south, and Crimea, remain occupied. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/15/) — Ukraine is one of the world's biggest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil; when its Black Sea ports were blocked in 2022, food prices rose in many countries, including in Africa and the Middle East. - ← previous: [Chornobyl and independence in 1991](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991/) - next →: [Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/50-todays-ukraine-and-danylos-exaggerations/) - ↑ back to [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/)