On November 20, ceremonial events dedicated to the first anniversary of the Orange Revolution took place in Lutsk. The biggest surprise was that the people of Lutsk essentially ignored them: barely 250-350 people gathered on Lutsk's squares (among them people who were bused in from the districts), – reported the Western Information Corporation's own correspondent.
The ceremonies in Lutsk began at 15:00 on Kyiv Square. A prayer service for Ukraine was held here, flowers were laid at the Monument to the Fighters for the Freedom and Independence of Ukraine, and a half-hour rally took place. It was attended by the head of the Regional State Administration, Volodymyr Bondar, the head of the regional council, Vasyl Dmytruk, and the leaders of the regional branches of the People's Union Our Ukraine, Volodymyr Karpuk, the People's Movement of Ukraine, Volodymyr Banada, and the Reforms and Order Party, Oleksandr Martyniuk.
Afterward, the rally participants marched in a ceremonial procession along Voli Avenue to another "revolutionary" square in Lutsk – Teatralny Square, where a rally was also held. Several buses with party activists from the districts also arrived here.
Both rallies struck one by their sparseness: in total, 250-350 people were present at them, mostly of older and middle age. Young people and students essentially ignored the ceremonies.
At the end of the rally, a concert by local performers took place, which was also not well attended.
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