Final in Circle of Civil Commotions Series: Kyrgyzstan

In Georgia, the demonstrations that were initiated were based on accussations that corruption had occurred during the parliamentary elections held on 2 November 2003 and resulted in the resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze. Approximately 100,000 opponents led by Mikhail Saakashvili raided parliament on November 22nd and put an end to the Shevardnadze period. While Saakashvili was elected as the official president in the elections held in the aftermath, the revolution in Georgia will be recorded in history as the "rose revolution". A new velvet revolution was ignited in Ukraine on the anniversary of the Georgian revolution. After pro-Russian leader Victor Yanukovych was announced victor of the second round of presidential elections in Ukraine on 21 November 2004, supporters of the opposition leader Victor Yuschenko poured onto the streets. The crowding gathered in the squares of Ukrainian capital Kiev for many days, the opposition forced the government to rerun the elections. The revolution culminated in Yuschenko’s victory and became known as the "orange revolution" because of the orange flags, and the scarves and hats worn by the opposition.

The people’s revolution in Kyrgyzstan; however, is different from the others uprisings in many aspects: Protestors in Kyrgyzstan clashed with the police while the opponents in Georgia and Ukraine did not; the demonstrations in Kyrgyzstan began outside the capital, which is contrary to the others; while it was observed that the opposition in Kyrgyzstan was divided and deprived of a leader, no pro-western tendency marked the protests.