Orange Revolution
By: Brian Pickard
BBC on Orange revolution
Beginning Information
- centered around politics(Viktor Andriovich Yushchenko)
- candidate for the president of Ukraine
- born February 23, 1954 in Koruzhivka, northeastern Ukraine
- just a banker at first
- became governor of National Bank of Ukraine
Middle Information
- chosen as prime minister
- started campaign for president
- ran against Yanukovych
- Fraud vote made Yanukovych win
- people protested on streets of largest cities
- orange from color of Yushchenko's campaign
End Information
- gov't annulled decision
- on revote, Yushchenko won on December 26, 2004
- took office in 2005
URL's
pic 1: http://www.beyondintractability.org/cic_images/taras-mazyar1.jpg
pic 2: http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/bilder/ukraine158~_v-videowebl.jpg
pic 3: http://ukrainetrek.com/images/ukraine-orange-revolution-photos-2.jpg
pic 4:http://www.eastblok.de/ebm/images/stories/Ukrainiawebsite3.jpg