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In comparison with the architectural history of Maidan Square, the physical center of the protests, the analysis of the spatial connection between Maidan’s built environment and the governmental policy-making will represent the essence of this thesis. The assumption that Maidan could be a representation of a governmental suppression, non-temporarily manifested in architecture, is suggested in this work. It also carries this argument a step further by exploring the questions about power relations, ownership and identity embedded in the architecture of Maidan. The ground of this premise is the simple reflection of the political and cultural context in which these structures came into being with an emphasis on the strategic importance of architectural elements during the revolution when the square was occupied by the demonstrators as a formalization of protest. 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