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 Coup not Revolution 

First off, I removed the reference to ""after Yanukovich fled the country"".  The term ""fled"" is loaded and POV.  To say he ""left"" the country is non-POV... but the statement added zero value in the first place.  Second, let's talk about some English language usage for all the Ukrainians on here, specifically the difference between literal and figurative language:

Revolution:  ""A fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time.""

Coup:  ""The sudden and illegal seizure of a government, usually instigated by a small group of the existing state establishment to depose the established government and replace it with a new ruling body, civil or military.""

Let me explain the difference clearly.  A revolution occurs when forces abolish government power structures.  This clearly did not occur.  A coup occurs when one faction of the government seizes control of the existing power structures.  This clearly did occur.

There was no revolution in Ukraine.  There was only a coup.  This position is non-POV and sustainable.  I recommend:  ""Maidan Coup"" or ""2014 Ukrainian Coup""... but the term ""Ukrainian Revolution"" is both POV and misleading.

Note:  Above I use the literal definition of 'Revolution' to mean the violent overthrow of government power structures (e.g. the American Revolution).  Revolution also has a figurative definition of 'wide-ranging change' (e.g. the 'industrial revolution').

  Applying a figurative term that is not literally true is necessarily POV.  For example, neither the ""Velvet Revolution"" nor the ""Orange Revolution"" were literal revolutions and their names are POV and misleading.  In both cases these monikers were coined by dissidents.  I recognize that these are the terms that are widely used to refer to these events and, having become widely recognized, are appropriate titles in Wikipedia.  That does not change the fact that they are POV.  Nor does it change the fact that, in this case, there is no widely recognized name for these events that would justify such POV naming.  I reiterate that the appropriate title is ""Maidan Coup"" or ""2014 Ukrainian Coup""  173.79.251.253  "