A Look Inside Ukraine: Then and Now

Then...The October Palace (International Center of Culture and Arts) and bridge crossing over Institutska Street, 10 May 2011 (Author's personal collection)

Now...Protestors charge up the lawnclock at October Palace, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Now...The bridge over Insitutska burns, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Now...Various Ukrainian and European flags decorate the protestors' barriers on Institutska Street, 9 December 2013 (AP)

Now...Protestors at work in front of the October Palace, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Now...Fires blaze outside the Palace, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Now...The October Palace looks down at a chaotic Institutka Street and Maidan, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Now...Protestors occupy the bridge to the October Palace, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Now...Protestors cross the bridge over Institutska, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Now...Protestors improve their barricades on the bridge to the October Palace, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Then...The Founders of Kyiv overlook a calm Maidan, 10 May 2011 (Author's personal collection)

Now...The Founders of Kyiv overlook a Maidan covered in smoke and protestors, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Now...Protestors mount flags on some statues while covering others with protective cloths, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Then...One end of the underground Globus Mall rises out of Maidan, 28 April 2011 (Author's personal collection)

Now...Protestors surround Maidan and the Globus Mall, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Then...From the top of the Globus Mall, the other end of the underground Globus Mall is barely visible at the other end of Maidan, 28 April 2011 (Author's personal collection)


Now...Protestors care for fallen comrades atop the Globus Mall at Maidan Nezalezhnosti, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Then...The Ukrayina Hotel stands in the background of a splendidly bright and glorious day, 10 May 2011 (Author's personal collection)

Now...The Ukrayina Hotel shows through the smoke and obscuration as a protester plays the trumpet for his comrades, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Then...Crews of costumed cartoon characters constantly circled the stairs on Maidan looking for customers with which to take pictures for a fee. If you dared take their picture without their permission, they would take off running to chase you. Which is exactly what happened right after I took this picture on 23 February 2011 (Author's personal collection.

Now...Crews of protestors bring casualties down the stairs from the October Palace, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Now...A walking wounded casualty is escorted down the stairs as he retreats from the front lines, 20 February 2014 (Reuters/Getty Images)

Then...Hotel Kozatsky stands at the far end of a sparsely-populated (cartoon characters excepted) Maidan, 23 February 2011 (Author's personal collection)