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time, opposition forces and V. Yushchenko
refused to recognize the results of the second
round. They motivated it by a great number of
violations occurred during elections on
November, 21. Mass acts of civil
disobedience, which were called “The
Orange Revolution”, covered the whole
country. The Supreme Court of Ukraine
delivered a judgment to recognize the results
of the second round being illegitimate and
assigned repeated vote. It was in December,
3. The next day CEC set the repeated voting
on December, 26, 2004 and entered V.
Yushchenko and V. Yanukovych as
candidates in the ballot paper.
November, 22- Aggravation of political situation in Ukraine
December, 8 (political and constitutional crises). “The
2004 Orange Revolution”.
The chronicle of events:
During the night of November, 22, it became
known, that the authority organized mass
falsification of the election results. The
quantity of voters increased in some regions
even after voting stations had been closed.
After meeting with S. Kivalov, a head of
CEC, V. Yushchenko declared nonconfidence
to CEC and called for protest against
falsifications. People, despite many obstacles
of authority, came to Kyiv from each part of
Ukraine and gathered on the Maidan
Nezalezhnosti (the Independence Square).
The first tents appeared there. “The Orange
Revolution” started. European Union invoked

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