Novocherkassk massacre

When

1 Jun 1962

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

26

Coordinates

47.47° N, 40.06° E

Description

1962 killings

1962 mass killing in the Soviet Union

The Novocherkassk massacre took place on 2 June 1962 in Novocherkassk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, when Soviet Army soldiers and MVD Internal Troops, supported by KGB units, fired on unarmed demonstrators protesting economic conditions.

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