Revolution of Dignity Project

Donbas and Crimea Through the Eyes of Ukraine’s Regions

The Russian annexation of Crimea and armed conflict over Donbas have brought these regions into the limelight. At the same time, there is a lack of sufficiently complex analysis of Ukrainians’ attitudes toward Donbas and Crimea and their understanding of what is happening there. Traditional analyses of Ukrainian attitudes divide the country into large macro-regions, resulting in a misleading grouping of diverse oblasts (Ukraine’s administrative regions). This module changes that optic, presenting data by oblast for a more nuanced view of attitudes and understanding throughout Ukraine.

Religious Pluralism Story Map Journal

The Religious Pluralism Story Map Journal combines narrative text with maps and images. It contains entries and sections that users can scroll through. Each section in the Map Journal has an associated map or an image.

Transfer of Ukrainian Orthodox 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). The transition process gained momentum after the official creation of the OCU at the Church Council in Kyiv in December 2018, accelerating upon the receipt of a Tomos, or decree of autocephaly, from the Ecumenical Patriarch.

Our map presents not only the geographic dimension of the process, but also how it has developed over time (from December 16, 2018, to March 17, 2019). Data for this map was provided by the Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU) team at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv.

Religious Revolution

Ukraine experienced a period of active secularization and aggressive atheistic propaganda under the Soviet regime, and then an intensive religious Renaissance since its independence in 1991. These processes made a unique imprint on Ukraine’s religious landscape. Many researchers agree that Ukraine is the most religiously pluralistic society in Europe. It escapes the typical format of its neighboring European countries and Russia, which have one dominant national church and religious minorities. Ukraine supports unrivaled religious pluralism with its liberal legislation, which grants freedom for the development of the religious market and competition.

Revolution of Dignity Web Map

To facilitate this scholarship, web maps present geographic information in an interactive display that can be used to tell stories and answer questions.