October 1993 Russian constitutional crisis

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf political scandal
gptkbp:casualties 187 killed
437 wounded
gptkbp:cause power struggle between President and Parliament
gptkbp:country gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:endDate 1993-10-05
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:1993_Russian_constitutional_referendum
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:Russian_White_House
gptkb:Ostankino_TV_Tower
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label October 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Ruslan_Khasbulatov
gptkb:Boris_Yeltsin
gptkb:Alexander_Rutskoy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:mainEvent armed conflict in Moscow
siege of the Russian White House
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international
gptkbp:militaryInvolved gptkb:Alpha_Group
gptkb:Russian_Army
gptkb:OMON
gptkbp:notableAction public demonstrations
state of emergency declared
media censorship
mass arrests
arrest of opposition leaders
international condemnation
Khasbulatov leads parliamentary opposition
Rutskoy declared acting president
US and Western support for Yeltsin
Yeltsin dissolves parliament
Yeltsin orders shelling of White House
constitutional court involvement
constitutional referendum scheduled
curfew imposed in Moscow
end of Soviet-era legislature
impeachment attempt against Yeltsin
parliament impeaches Yeltsin
parliamentary immunity lifted
parliamentary resistance
presidential decree No. 1400
restoration of presidential authority
storming of Ostankino TV center
use of tanks in Moscow
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1991_Soviet_coup_d'état_attempt
gptkbp:relatedTo post-Soviet transition
Russian constitutional law
gptkbp:result adoption of new Russian Constitution
dissolution of the Supreme Soviet
gptkbp:startDate 1993-09-21
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Black_October
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7