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Demonstrations

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

11Records
1926–1989Date range
3Named people
9Places

Chronological records

1926

Leon TrotskySeptember 1926

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Appeals to the rank & file & addresses a demonstration staged at an aircraft factory

1927

Leon Trotsky7 November 1927

Leningrad · Government / Government of Russia

Stages street demonstrations on the 10th anniversarry of the October Revolution

1953

Georgi Maksimilanovich Malenkov16 June 1953

Berlin · Government / Government of Russia

Demonstrators march on the East German Government

Georgi Maksimilanovich Malenkov17 June 1953

Government / Government of Russia

Russia sends in troops & tanks to quell demonstrations in east German cities

Georgi Maksimilanovich MalenkovJune 1953

Pilsen · Government / Government of Russia

Demonstrations breakout in Pilsen

1986

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev9 April 1986

Tbilisi · Government / Government of Russia

Disorders in Tbilisi, 20 demonstrators are killed by Soviet troops

Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevDecember 1986

Alma · Government / Government of Russia

Disorders in Alma

1988

Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevFebruary 1988

Yerevan · Government / Government of Russia

About a million Armenians demonstrate for Armenian reunification

Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevMarch 1988

Sumgait · Government / Government of Russia

Crowds of Azeris rampage through the city of Sumgait, at least 32 Armenians are killed

1989

Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevFebruary 1989

Nagorno · Government / Government of Russia

Disorders in in Nagorno-Karabakh, ethnic conflicts

Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevDecember 1989

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

The Czech Government resigns in the wake of mass demonstrations

Names involved

Georgi Maksimilanovich MalenkovLeon TrotskyMikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

Provenance

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