N2 - The 2014/2015 revolution at the Kiev Maidan (and elsewhere in Ukraine) made a wide-ranging impact on the literature. In this paper I analyse diaries devoted to the events of the dignity revolution. I have selected three texts written in three different languages: “ Приватний щоденник ” by Marija Matios (in Ukrainian). “ Дневник Майдана ” by Adrjej Kurkov (in Russian) and “Ogień Majdanu. Dziennik rewolucji 22.11.2013– 22.02.2014” (in Polish). These texts are highly interesting mostly because they allow looking at the Maidan through the eyes of witnesses. Because of that we do not receive mere facts, but a testimony which tells us most about the people involved, represented by the specific author reporting their experiences, impressions, emotions, and thoughts. It is characteristic for the personal document literature that it is positioned somewhere between the events being described and the internal experiences, judgements and preferences of the author. It is shaped by their knowledge, experience, and moral code. These texts often con- centrate on the fates of specific individuals, their behaviours, the reasons and consequences thereof. They differ both in terms of the form and the motivations of the authors. They are all, however, rather unique, because they speak of the events of most recent history which so violently cut through the daily lives of Ukrainian citizens. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/101843/PDF/Slavia%20Orient.%203-17%205-K.Jakubowska.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/101843 PY - 2017 IS - No 3 EP - 503 KW - Maidan KW - dignity revolution KW - personal document literature A1 - Jakubowska-Krawczyk, Katarzyna PB - Komitet Słowianoznawstwa PAN VL - vol. LXVI DA - 2017 T1 - Dzienniki czasu rewolucji godności SP - 495 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/101843 T2 - Slavia Orientalis