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The cobblestones of Maidan Nezalezhnosti

The cobblestones of Maidan Nezalezhnosti

I crossed the dark cobbles of Maidan Nezalezhnosti a year ago, beneath a low gray sky. The square in Kiev, a traditional place for political protests, was quiet, but the stones beneath my feet still carried the ring of the past. The dormant sounds of the 2004 Orange Revolution.

On a misty night in Kiev

On a misty night in Kiev

It was a misty night in Kiev. One of those nights when the mist isn’t just weather, it’s a moody cloak draped over the city. I left the vast openness of Sophia Square, where the golden domes of Saint Sophia Cathedral and Saint Michael’s Cathedral should have glowed like beacons.