Ukrainians have named the main political event of 2014 – the Revolution of Dignity, the politicians of the year – President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, disappointment of the year – former president Viktor Yanukovych.

These are the results of the poll conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Razumkov Center, Director of Sociological Service at the Razumkov Center Andriy Bychenko said during a press conference in Kyiv on Monday.

According to the poll, 40.8% of the surveyed Ukrainians said that Maidan and the Revolution of Dignity were the main event of the year, 30% – the war with Russia, 5.3% – the presidential elections, 4.6% – Crimea's annexation, 3.1% – the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in eastern Ukraine, 2.1% – signing of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, 1.5% – the destruction of Viktor Yanukovych's regime, 0.8% – the breakup of and shootings at Maidan, and 0.4% –the civil war in Ukraine.

Bychenko specified that those surveyed came up with the answers to the question on their own; there were no options offered.

A total of 5% of the respondents hesitated to answer, and 0.7% more believe that there were no significant events in 2014.

Bychenko noted that the respondents separately named the war with Russia, ATO and civil war. The majority of the Ukrainians, however, don't see events in country's east as a 'civil war.'

A total of 25.5% of respondents named Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's president, as the politician of the year, 14.7% chose Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk.

Other politicians received the following results: leader of the Radical Party Oleh Liashko – 4%, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy – 2.9%, former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov – 1.7%, leader of Batkivschyna all-Ukrainian union Yulia Tymoshenko – 1.4%, leader of the Civil Position party Anatoliy Hrytsenko – 1.2%, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko – 1% and commander of Maidan's 'sotnia' (company) Volodymyr Parasiuk – 1%.

The disappointment of the year was the fourth president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych (32.4%). The answers also included current president Poroshenko (17%), Prime Minister Yatseniuk (8.6%), Liashko (5.4%), Tymoshenko (3.4%), Klitschko (3.3%), leader of Svoboda party Oleh Tiahnybok (2.7%) and Turchynov (1.6%).

A total of 2,008 respondents were surveyed in all the regions of Ukraine except for Crimea. The poll's margin of error was 2.3%.