The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed the law establishing the order of the Characters Heavenly Hundreds, notified on the Internet representation of the head of the country on Tuesday.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in early July, established the order of the Characters Heavenly Hundreds." Heavenly hundred " are called dead during the February protests on the streets of the Institute in the center of Kiev.

" The order will award for civic courage, love of country, upholding the constitutional principles of democracy, rights and freedoms, active charitable, humanitarian, public activity in Ukraine, selfless service to the Ukrainian nation, manifested during the Revolution dignity (November 2013 - February 2014), and other events related to protection of the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine ", - is informed in the report on the Internet representation of the head of the country.

Kyiv main square, Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence square), was occupied by supporters of the European integration on November 21, immediately after the statement of the government Mykola Azarov about temporary suspension of the Treaty on the Union with the EU. Later Maydan became the epicenter of conflict between the security forces and active participants. The result of these clashes, during which the opposing political force many times had used firearms and " Molotov cocktails ", were dozens of casualties.

Responsibility for the death of over 100 people fresh authorities, who led Ukraine after the February coup d'etat, put on his political opponent Viktor Yanukovych.

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