Contemporary era · 1962
Novocherkassk massacre
The Novocherkassk massacre (Russian: Новочеркасский расстрел, romanized: Novocherkasskiy rasstrel) 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.
- When
- 1 Jun 1962
- Where
- Novocherkassk
- Era
- Contemporary
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