were killed in action against protest camps in Kyiv. Legacy Ukrainian sources refer to the activists who died during Euromaidan as "The Heavenly Hundred". In April 2014, the Kyiv City State Administration and Culture Ministry of Ukraine stated that they expected to open a memorial complex "to the heroes of Heavenly Hundred" in February 2015, on the occasion of the anniversary of the death activists. On 1 July 2014, the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament of Ukraine) established the Medal "Order of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes". On 25 August 2014, President Petro Poroshenko claimed he had called the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election in order to purify parliament of MPs who had supported "the [January] Dictatorship laws that took the lives of the Heavenly hundred". Kyiv City Council renamed a part of Instytutska Street into Heavenly Hundred Heroes Avenue on 20 November 2014. President Poroshenko decreed on 11 February 2015 that 20 February will annually be commemorated as "Day of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes". His decree established [an action plan to accomplish] a museum in Kyiv dedicated to Euromaidan. On 20 February, it is compulsory for Ukrainian TV channels to display a flaming candle or a similar stylized image, and, at 12:00, a minute of silence must be observed. Monuments On 23 February in Poltava, a former monument of Lenin, which was taken down a couple of days prior on 21 February, had its pedestal converted into a "monument of the Maidan Heroes". On 13 April 2014 in Buda, Chyhyryn Raion (vicinity of historical Cold Ravine), a monument to "the Heavenly Hundred" was installed. On 6 May 2014 in Dubno, a commemorative landmark to "the Heavenly Hundred" was consecrated. On 21 September 2015 outside of Chicago in Bloomingdale, Illinois, a monument commemorating the people perished during the Euromaidan was erected. See also Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War References External links Website dedicated to the killed protesters Website dedicated to the killed protesters, related news, investigations and litigations (in Ukrainian) "Site-Requiem dedicated to those who died in the turmolous days of the Eurorevolution" (in Ukrainian and Russian) Euromaidan Euromaidan Ukraine-related lists