The Orange Revolution and Euromaidan: the General and the Particular

The Orange Revolution and Euromaidan became the most important events in the history of modern Ukraine, having a key impact on the vector of its development. Earlier, attempts were made in the foreign academic literature to compare both phenomena, but most of the researchers’ conclusions, due to their political bias, do not stand up to serious criticism. Comparative analysis of the Orange Revolution and Euromaidan is presented, based on fundamental scientific methods, primarily the principle of historicism and system approach. Using a wide range of sources, stages of both coups are analyzed, the role of the main actors and specifics of regime change operations in 2004–2005 and 2013–2014. Separately, it is considered why, against the relatively peaceful Orange revolution during the Euromaidan period, outbreaks of violence arose that led to numerous human casualties. The significant number of identified similarities allow to conclude that both color revolutions have the same nature, and the differences between them indicate the flexibility and effectiveness of geopolitical engineering technologies, implemented in Ukraine at the beginning of the XXI century.