Part II
7.1.1 Spatial and Urban History
8.2 Belarusian Protests from Glasnost’ to Lukashenka
8.5.1 October Square and Ploshcha 2006
8.5.2 Independence Square and Ploshcha 2010
9.1 Towards a Spatial Perspective
9.1.2 Spatial Qualities and the Political Environment
9.2 Moscow, Swamp Square and the March of Millions
9.2.1 The Political Environment of Moscow
9.2.5 Emergence, Realization, Impact
Part III
10.1 Republic Square and the Yellow Vests
References
Abbreviations
CAT Collective Action Theory
DOC Dynamics Of Contention
NESH National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (Norway)
OWS Occupy Wall Street
POS Political Opportunity Structure theory
PRT Prospect-Refuge Theory
PT Process Tracing
RCT Rational Choice Theory
RMP Resource Mobilisation Perspective
ROC Repertoire Of Contention
RSCPR Russian Space: Concepts, Practices, Representations
SCM Structure-Cognitive Model
A Note on Language
This book describes events, people, and places mainly from three Eastern Slavic countries: Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. Each of these countries uses the Cyrillic script and has its own national language, as well as linguistic variations encompassing proper nouns: yet, for historical reasons, Russian has become the lingua franca of the region. The long history of Russian hegemony and long periods of russification have also led to the widespread international adoption of Russian forms for Ukrainian and Belarusian proper nouns. For these reasons, the Ukrainian capital is usually known as Kiev (from Rus. Киев), rather than Kyiv (from Ukr. Київ). Likewise, the Belarusian president is known as Lukashenko (Rus.: Лукашенко), not Lukashenka (Bel.: Лукашенка);