Independence Square, known simply as the Maidan, is the symbolic heart of modern Ukraine, crowned by the winged figure of Berehynia on her tall column. It was the stage for both the Orange Revolution and the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, and memorials to the fallen line the approach. By day it is a busy meeting point with fountains; by night it glows. Walk up Instytutska to the tributes, and read the plaques to understand what happened here.