1993 Russian constitutional crisis. Anti-Yelstin supporters of the disbanded Supreme Soviet surrender, Russian White House, Moscow.

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1993 Russian constitutional crisis. Anti-Yelstin supporters of the disbanded Supreme Soviet surrender after the Russian army in support of Russian President Boris Yelstin attacked the Russian White House on October 4 1993. The Anti-Yeltsin followers of Russian Vice President Aleksandr Rutskoi and Supreme Soviet speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov attacked the Mayor’s office and the Ostankino Television complex in Moscow, in what is considered to be the worst violence in Moscow since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. After the rioters surrendered and Rutskoi and Khasbulatov were arrested, according to the Russian Government 74 people died and 172 were injured during the conflict.

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Location: Russian White House, Moscow, Russia
Photo credit: © Chuck Nacke / Alamy / Afripics
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