What the records say
- When
- 24 Mar 1996 – 26 Apr 1997
- Kind
- Protest
- Coordinates
- 53.90° N, 27.56° E
- Description
- 1996–1997 protests in Minsk, Belarus
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Minsk Spring
1996–1997 protests in Minsk, Belarus
The "Minsk Spring" or "Belarusian Spring" was a series of mass street protests in 1996 and 1997 against the increasingly-authoritarian rule of President Alexander Lukashenko.
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2 sources record it
- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Mass Mobilization Project v5.1: protests against governments, 1990–2020 (Clark & Regan)David Clark and Patrick Regan · names it “Protest in Minsk, Belarus”Creative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
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