On January 23, 2005, the third president of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, was inaugurated. About 500,000 people gathered on Independence Square in Kyiv on the occasion of the celebrations. 59 official foreign delegations confirmed their participation in the celebrations.
Around 12:30 Yushchenko swore an oath to the Constitution of Ukraine and the Peresopnytsia Gospel. In the video: backrooms and corridors of the Verkhovna Rada.
At 1:30 p.m., Yushchenko, together with his wife and children, arrived at the Maidan, where he delivered his inaugural speech.