3R: Embarking on the routes of revolution: why and how ordinary Ukrainian citizens joined their forces on the Maidan (winter 2013–2014)

Abstract

On the basis of three typical stories of ordinary citizens’ commitment to Maidan protests, this article sheds light on the representations and endured experiences which motivated them and many other Ukrainians, to join the marching revolution. It also depicts the modalities of those citizens’ common protest action, in particular, within their mini-groupings (AutoMaidan, “Hell barrel”, “Hromads’kyï Sector”), as well as the politicization process that they have experienced at the protest place and that turned them into revolutionaries who were determined to resist.

Keywords

• maïdan
• protest
• ordinary citizenship
• commitment
• politicization
• ukraine