Dissolution of the Soviet Union - The protests in Kazakhstan

Time: Monday Jun 19, 1989

Place: Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan

Details: In Kazakhstan on June 19, 1989, young men carrying guns, firebombs, iron bars and stones rioted in Zhanaozen, causing a number of deaths. The youths tried to seize a police station and a water-supply station.

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