The papers presented in this volume analyze the civil uprising known as Euromaidan that began
in central Kyiv in late November 2013 when the Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych opted not
to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union and continued over the following
months. The topics include the motivations and expectations of protesters organized crime
nationalism gender issues mass media the Russian language and the impact of Euromaidan on
Ukrainian politics as well as on the EU Russia and Belarus. The goal of the book is less to
offer a definitive account than one that represents a variety of aspects of a mass movement
that captivated world attention and led to the downfall of the Yanukovych presidency. The
authors comprise well known and younger scholars who work on contemporary Ukraine and its
neighbors.
