List: Post-Soviet revolutions

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•  Rose Revolution

  The "Revolution of Roses" (often translated into English as the Rose Revolution) was a bloodless revolution in the country of Georgia in 2003 that displaced President Eduard Shevardnadze.

  

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•  Orange Revolution

  The Orange Revolution was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election which was claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter intimidation and direct electoral fraud. Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, was the focal point of the movement with thousands of protesters demonstrating daily.

  

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•  Tulip Revolution

  The Tulip Revolution refers to the overthrow of President Askar Akayev and his government in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after the parliamentary elections of February 27 and of March 13, 2005. The revolution sought the end of rule by Akayev and by his family and associates, who in popular opinion had become increasingly corrupt and authoritarian. Following the revolution, Akayev fled to Kazakhstan and then Russia.

  

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•  KelKel

  KelKel is a youth movement in Kyrgyzstan that gained some prominence during the Tulip Revolution of March 2005 that culminated in the ousting of President Askar Akayev. Translated from the Kyrgyz language, KelKel means "renaissance and shining of the good". In many of the post-communist revolutions, youth groups were at the forefront of protests. The most famous of these was Otpor, the young people's movement that helped oust Slobodan Milošević in Serbia.

  

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