#  Contemporary Atlas 

 



##  CONTEMPORARY ATLAS 

Since declaring independence on August 24, 1991, Ukraine has grappled with its identity, its past, and regional dynamics.



 

 

 

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### Revolution of Dignity Project 

 

The Revolution of Dignity, also known as the Euromaidan revolution, took place in Ukraine in February 2014, when a series of events involving protesters and riot police in Kyiv culminated in the ousting of the Ukrainian President and the overthrow of the Ukrainian Government.



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    ![revolution of dignity](/sites/g/files/omnuum4941/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/mapa/files/rev-dignity-600-400.png?itok=GPahu92w) 

 

 

  

 



###  Chernobyl/Chornobyl Project 

 

The Chernobyl/Chornobyl project advances our understanding of the catastrophe’s lasting consequences. It takes advantage of methods developed by scholars working in the field of integrative geography, which looks at the spatial aspects of the interaction between the human societies and their environment.



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    ![Chernobyl Chornobyl project image](/sites/g/files/omnuum4941/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/mapa/files/mapa_chornobyl_collage_512_349.jpg?itok=ZwkCshME) 

 

 

  

 



 

 

 

  [### Donbas and Crimea In Focus

 ](/donbas-and-crimea-focus)The Russian annexation of Crimea and armed conflict over Donbas began in 2014 and continues to today.



 

 

   ![Donbas War Protest](/sites/g/files/omnuum4941/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/mapa/files/donbas_protest.jpg?itok=9K1aarcS) 

 



 

 

   [### Religious Revolution

 ](/religious-revolution)Hundreds of Ukrainian Orthodox communities abandoned the Moscow patriarchate and joined the newly formed Ukrainian Orthodox Church in 2018 and 2019.



 

 

   ![Religion](/sites/g/files/omnuum4941/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/mapa/files/religion_slide.jpg?itok=sfcmC8WJ) 

 



 

 

   [### History and Identity

 ](/history-and-identity-module)In the wake of the Revolution of Dignity and the ongoing military conflict with Russia, Ukraine's public memory dramatically shifted.



 

 

   ![leninfall](/sites/g/files/omnuum4941/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/mapa/files/leninfall2.png?itok=AzBEM2wE) 

 



 

 

   [### Language

 ](/language-module)The tension between language use and national belonging entered Ukraine's political scene during the last years of the USSR and has dominated public debates ever since.



 

 

   ![Shevchenko Monument](/sites/g/files/omnuum4941/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/mapa/files/shevchenko_simferopol.jpg?itok=mPzKeRoc) 

 



 

 

   [###  Transfer of Parishes

 ](/transfer-parishes)This map examines the transfer of Ukrainian Orthodox parishes under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate to the newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU).



 

 

   ![Orthodox Church of Ukraine](/sites/g/files/omnuum4941/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/mapa/files/uoc.jpg?itok=fZKEgdC0) 

 



 

 

   [### Goodbye Lenin: A Memory Shift in Revolutionary Ukraine

 ](/leninfall)Hundreds of Lenin monuments were toppled in Ukraine in 2014 and 2015 as Ukraine reckoned with its Soviet legacy and relationship with Russia.



 

 

   ![man hitting statue](/sites/g/files/omnuum4941/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/mapa/files/leninfall.png?itok=EHlRUNzS)