It’s a city of 980,000 people. 1000 protest and this holds massive significance for you? Really?
Wow...
Protests often start small and build support.
Plus small amounts of the population can often propel great change for all. Only 30% of Americans at the time supported the American revolutionary war for instance.
um... you do know the protests in Kiev started with just a 2,000 people dont you?
quote “Euromaidan started in the night of 21 November 2013 when up to 2,000 protesters gathered at Kiev’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti and began to organize themselves with the help of social networks”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Euromaidan