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Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom(2015)
Status: Released
Date: 2015-09-03
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294 Votes
Time: 1h 38m
The Next Generation Of Revolution
Overview:
A documentary on the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a violent revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich.
Languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian.
Countries:
United Kingdom,
United States of America,
Ukraine
ProductionCompanies: 
Afineevsky - Tolmor Production
Campbell Grobman Films
Pray for Ukraine Production
Rock Paper Scissors
SPN Production
UkrStream TV
Movie: Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
Top 10 Billed Cast
Cissy Jones
Narrator
Catherine Ashton
Herself
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