TY - BOOK ID - 80833995 TI - Aspects of the Orange Revolution. AU - Harasymiw, Bohdan AU - Ilnytzkyi, Oleh S PY - 2014 SN - 9783838256993 3838256999 PB - Stuttgart DB - UniCat KW - Presidents KW - Presidency KW - Heads of state KW - Executive power KW - Ukraine KW - History KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80833995 AB - In Ukraine's presidential elections of 2004, the establishment candidate Viktor Yanukovych had the advantages of a solid regional base, access to administrative resources, dominance in the media, help by Russian spin-doctors, and support of Moscow. Yet the winner was the pro-Western challenger, Viktor Yushchenko. How did Ukrainian voters break through the barrage of propaganda so as to deliver their ultimate verdict? Was the divide between Eastern and Western Ukraine fact or PR fiction? In this volume, scholars from two continents examine various aspects of the elections that turned into the O ER -