Ukraine without Kuchma
In the 2000s, the biggest political protests in Ukraine, such as the "Ukraine without Kuchma" campaign and the Orange Revolution took place in this square. During the "Orange Revolution" in late 2004, Maidan Nezalezhnosti received global media coverage, as hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in the square and nearby streets, and pitched tents for several weeks, enduring the cold and snow. One of the eminent activists during that time became Paraska Korolyuk. The protests against electoral fraud resulted in an additional round of presidential elections being ordered by the Supreme Court of Ukraine, which were won by the opposition candidate, Viktor Yushchenko.