with the 2009 "Batkivshchyna" party congress (during which Yulia Tymoshenko was nominated as a candidate for president) being a notable example that brought nearly 200,000 people to the square. The square was the site of Euromaidan protests beginning in November 2013, progressing to violent clashes, fires, and ending in the February Revolution of Dignity. The square was covered in protesters all day and night since 1 December 2013. On 27 January 2014, Ukrainian police reported a 55-year-old man from Western Ukraine found dead hanging from the framework of a huge artificial 'New Year tree' in central Kyiv. The body was found hanging inside the cone-shaped tubular steel construction on Kyiv's Independence Square. The tree, which had become a symbol of anti-government resistance, was at that time decorated with a poster of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and scrawled with graffiti opposing President Viktor Yanukovich. The Revolution of Dignity of the following month led to more than 100 people perishing. Landmarks Current landmarks Monument to the Founders of Kyiv Independence Monument, a victory column commemorating the independence of Ukraine in 1991, surmounted by the protectoress Berehynia Lach Gates Former landmarks Monument to Pyotr Stolypin Bust to Karl Marx Monument to the Great October (Lenin) Important buildings "Hlobus", subsequently Globus ("Globe") underground shopping mall Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine Hotel Ukraine Building of the Trade Unions Federation of Ukraine Central Post Office Gallery See also Euromaidan Karaoke on the Maidan Orange Revolution Ukraine without Kuchma Notes and references External links Майдан Незалежності in Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv National squares Euromaidan Orange Revolution Revolution on Granite Ukrainian independence movement Khreshchatyk Landmarks in Kyiv Squares in Kyiv