In the year since the start of the revolution that toppled Ukraine's president and ushered in a pro-Western government, a lot has changed on the streets of Kyiv. A year ago, more than 100 people died in fierce clashes centered around Kreshchatyk, Institutska and Hrushevskoho streets. Now traffic flows freely and the crowds, the barricades and the barrel fires on Independence Square, better known simply as Maidan, are long gone.
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Mashable: Scenes from Ukraine, then and now
A woman holds a Ukrainian flag as thousands gather in Kyiv's Independence Square on Nov. 21, 2014 to mark the first anniversary of protests which unleashed a year of turmoil.
