On the occasion of the Day of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes, Yulia Zavhorodnya, associate professor of the Department of Theory and History of the State and Law of DSUIA, held an open lecture: “Revolution of Dignity: An Important Step in the History of the Ukrainian People.”
In her lecture, Yuliya Zavhorodnya emphasized that the Day of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes, which is celebrated in Ukraine on February 20, is intended to perpetuate human, civic, and national courage and self-sacrifice, the fortitude and resilience of citizens, thanks to which the course of the history of our country has been changed.
The teacher told the cadets about the events of the Revolution of Dignity and the courage of the people who came to the Maidan to defend their choice and the pro-European direction of Ukraine’s development.
The actions of the authorities, aimed at suppressing protests by force, led to the escalation of the conflict and human casualties. The activists who died during the confrontations in December 2013–February 2014 were called the Heavenly Hundred. Subsequently, the ranks of the Heavenly Hundred were filled by Ukrainian patriots, participants in the Revolution of Dignity, who died defending democratic values and the territorial integrity of Ukraine in the spring of 2014.
All those present honored the memory of the dead with a moment of silence.
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