# Canonical recap data for Euromaidan Protests Ukraine (2013)
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slug: euromaidan-protests
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/2013/euromaidan-protests"
title: Euromaidan Protests Ukraine
subtitle: The Euromaidan uprising catalyzed Ukraine's geopolitical pivot westward and foreshadowed the 2022 Russian invasion that followed.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 2013-11-21
endDate: 2014-02-23
datePrecision: day
year: 2013
decade: 2010
country:
name: Ukraine
slug: ukraine
summaryShort: Euromaidan, or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protests in Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv. The protests were sparked by President Viktor Yanukovych's sudden decision not to sign the European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement, inst
summaryLong: Euromaidan, or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protests in Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv. The protests were sparked by President Viktor Yanukovych's sudden decision not to sign the European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement, instead choosing closer ties to Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union. Ukraine's parliament had overwhelmingly approved of finalising the Agreement with the EU, but Russia had put pressure on Ukraine to reject it. The scope of the protests widened, with calls for the resignation of Yanukovych and the Azarov government. Protesters opposed what they saw as widespread government corruption, abuse of power, human rights violations, and the influence of oligarchs. Transparency International named Yanukovych as the top example of corruption in the world. The violent dispersal of protesters on 30 November caused further anger. Euromaidan was the largest democratic mass movement in Europe since 1989 and led to the 2014 Revolution of Dignity.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Euromaidan_collage.jpg/1280px-Euromaidan_collage.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Euromaidan"
importance: 79
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan"
  title: Euromaidan protests
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- protest
- revolution
metaDescription: Euromaidan, or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protests in Maidan Neza
wikidataQid: Q15224558
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20131203074436/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan"
  capturedAt: 2013-12-03
  label: Euromaidan protests
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan"
