In Kyiv, you can walk up the stairs from the metro onto a square that’s been home to three revolutions in thirty years, and any number of protests large and small. With its memorials, monuments, and a few men dressed up in panda suits, Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) has become synonymous with modern Ukraine.
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A couple draped in Ukrainian flags dance on Maidan Nezalezhnosti Square on Aug. 24, 2017,