Ihor Poshyvailo is the director of the National Museum of Revolution of Dignity (Maidan Museum) and curator of the “Destroyed Temples of Ukraine” exhibit. CIUS: You are the director of the National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity, or Maidan Museum, which has done groundbreaking work on contemporary history and new commemorative practices in Ukraine. How do you see the Maidan Museum’s role in the present war?
Exactly ten years ago then-President Viktor Yanukovich signed an agreement to resolve the political crisis in Ukraine with the Euromaidan opposition. The very next day the opposition trashed the accords and took power by force.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, along with First Lady Olena Zelenska, paid tribute to the activists who lost their lives during the 2014 Revolution of Dignity in Kyiv, the Presidential website reported on Feb. 20.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, together with his wife Olena, have honoured the memory of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes [people who were killed during the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity - ed.
Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė, on the Day of Remembrance of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes [people who were killed during the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity - ed.], called for arming Ukraine and for the EU and NATO to prove that they will not be swayed by Russian influence.