Ukraine's Revolution on Granite
In 1990, Ukrainian students went on a hunger strike in Kyiv that helped bring down the Soviet regime there. Ben Henderson spoke to Oksana Zabuzhko, who was there at the time.
In 1990, Ukrainian students went on a hunger strike that helped bring down the Soviet regime there. It took place in Kyiv鈥檚 central square and inspired later protests against Russian influence in Ukraine: the 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2014 Maidan Revolution. The granite floor of the square provided its name: the 鈥楻evolution on Granite鈥�. Ben Henderson spoke to Oksana Zabuzhko, an award-winning Ukrainian author, who participated in the protest when she was a recent university graduate.
(Photo: Oksana Zabuzhko wearing a red jumper at the Revolution on Granite in 1990)
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