Ukraine marks 6th anniversary revolution of Dignity
Ukraine marks the Day of Dignity and Freedom every year on November 21, in accordance with a presidential decree of November 13, 2014.
The holiday was established in honor of the commencement on this day of two significant and fateful events in contemporary Ukrainian history - the 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2013 Revolution of Dignity.
The Day of Dignity and Freedom became a kind of successor to the Freedom Day holiday, which was celebrated in honor of the Orange Revolution on November 22 from 2005 to 2011 but was later canceled.
It was on November 21, 2013, when Ukrainians started to hold the first protest rallies in response to the decision of the then government to stop the country's movement towards European integration and freeze preparations for the signing of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.
The change in the legislatively enshrined priorities of Ukraine's foreign policy triggered the indignation of Ukrainians.
The criminal authorities led by Viktor Yanukovych resorted to a crackdown on the Ukrainians using security and police officers. The Euromaidan events were followed by Russia's cynical annexation of Crimea and military hostilities in Donbas resulting in thousands of those killed, wounded and displaced persons.
One should also remember that the path chosen by the Ukrainian people is irreversible, albeit difficult - events that began at the Monument of Independence on the evening of November 21, 2013, are still continuing.
Source: Ukriform
