GOOD BLOG: One year later, Kiev and Moscow remember Ukraine uprising in very different ways

By Evgeny Feldman and Christopher Miller8 hours ago

KIEV, Ukraine — Tens of thousands of Ukrainians flooded central Kiev late Friday to mark one year since the bloodiest day of last year's Euromaidan revolution that ousted the country's pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, and installed a pro-Western government, setting in motion the events that have led to a deadly and ongoing war.
Some 49 people died and around 100 more suffered gunshot wounds from police snipers on Feb. 20, 2014, in the worst day of violence against the hundreds of thousands of protesters who hunkered down on Kiev's Independence Square for three months in the freezing cold. Around 100 people died during clashes with riot police around the square between Feb. 18 and 20 last year. They have been dubbed the "Heavenly Hundred."

Crowds dressed in patriotic blue and yellow paid an emotional tribute to them on Friday, reciting prayers and singing songs as the protesters' electrified images flashed on big screens over the square. They chanted, "Heroes do not die!"
The next morning in central Moscow, thousands of Russians responded, marching under the slogan "We won't forget! We won't forgive!" to mark a year since the overthrow of Yanukovych. The Kremlin deems Ukraine's revolution a "coup." Organizers said more than 20,000 people participated in the "Anti-Maidan" march. Russian state media reported as many as 35,000 took to the streets.

Ukrainians mourn the "Heavenly Hundred" protesters who died during clashes with riot police around Kiev's Independence Square between Feb. 18 and 20 last year.

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A light emerges from where the protesters died.

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A woman mourns the "Heavenly Hundred" in the evening.

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A woman lights a candle to honor the "Heavenly Hundred."

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Portraits of the "Heavenly Hundred" at a memorial in Kiev.

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Picasso's "Dove of Peace," formed using candles, is placed on Kiev's Independence Square during a memorial rally.

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko embraces a killed protester's son while the national anthem plays during a memorial rally in Kiev.

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A crowd gathers at Independence Square during a memorial rally.

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A column of light marks the spot where protesters were killed, while an orchestra performs Mozart's "Requiem."

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Ukrainians pay respects to a man who was wounded during the war in Donbass.

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A man who was wounded during the war in Donbass attends a memorial rally.

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Tens of thousands of Russian march through central Moscow to protest against Ukraine's pro-Western government and last year's revolution.

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Night Wolves motorbike gang leader Alexander "The Surgeon" Zaldostanov and Ukrainian Oleg Tsarev, an ex-parliamentarian who supports the separatists in eastern Ukraine, march in Moscow on Saturday.

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"Maidan = Fascism!" reads a sign carried by protesters in central Moscow on Saturday.

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A demonstrator hoists up an image of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov that reads, "Maidan organizer."

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"We won't forget! We won't forgive!" reads a sign depicting the West and Russia ripping apart Ukraine that is carried by a woman at the Moscow rally.