1986 Alma-Ata protests and riots against an ethnic Russian leader
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Jeltoqsan Kazakh: Желтоқсан көтерілісі
Part of Revolutions of 1989 and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Date
16–19 December 1986
Location
Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Result
Protests suppressed; massive casualties after clashes
Belligerents
Kazakh protesters
Soviet Union
OMON
KGB
Commanders and leaders
No organized leadership
Mikhail Gorbachev Gennady Kolbin
Casualties and losses
168–1,000[1] civilians killed More than 200 injured
The Jeltoqsan (Kazakh: Желтоқсан көтерілісі, romanized: Jeltoqsan köterılısı, lit. 'December uprising'), also spelled Zheltoksan, or December of 1986 were protests that took place in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, in response to CPSU General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's dismissal of Dinmukhamed Kunaev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan and an ethnic Kazakh, and his replacement with Gennady Kolbin, an ethnic Russian from the Russian SFSR.[1][2]
The events lasted from 16 to 19 December 1986. The protests began in the morning of 17 December, as a student demonstration attracted thousands of participants as they marched through Brezhnev Square (present-day Republic Square) across to the CPK Central Committee building. As the result, internal troops and OMON forces entered the city,[3] and violence erupted throughout the city.[4][5][6] In the following days, protests spread to Shymkent, Taldykorgan, and Karaganda. This event was the start of the slow collapse of authoritarian communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe which would later begin in 1989.
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^1986 "December events showed people’s striving for independence" Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine KAZINFORM
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