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Breaking-News >> TodayHistory October 4, 1993 The October events in Moscow ended
On this day, 32 years ago, October 4, 1993 (August 19, 1993 in the lunar calendar), the October Incident in Moscow ended. During the coup, the elite troops of the army still sided with Yeltsin. A group of government troops prepared to attack the White House under the cover of armored vehicles. On October 3, 1993, Russian President Yeltsin issued a state of emergency in Moscow. In the early morning of the 4th, Russian government troops were ordered to enter Moscow. At about 8 o'clock, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles from the government forces surrounded the parliament building and then launched an attack. Government troops engaged in a 10-hour fierce battle with combat teams loyal to parliament. In the end, Speaker Hasbulatov, Acting President Appointed by the Parliament Rutski, and several generals who supported the Parliament were arrested. According to official reports, the bloody conflict killed 142 people and injured 744 others. Afterwards, the news media called it the "October Incident." The beginning and end of the October Incident This incident was the result of an ongoing fierce struggle between Russia's highest executive power and the highest legislative power. Since Yeltsin implemented radical reform policies in early 1992, serious differences have arisen between the party led by Yeltsin and the other party led by Speaker Hasbulatov and Vice President Rutskoy on a series of major issues such as reform policies, assessment of the domestic economic situation, content of the new constitution, Russian political system and foreign policy. The two sides have attacked each other and gone into their own affairs, resulting in the coexistence of two regimes. In September, the power struggle between the two factions escalated further. On September 1, Yeltsin announced the dismissal of Vice President Rutski. The Russian Federation Council was established on September 18, preparing to replace the Supreme Soviet. On the same day, Yeltsin reappointed Gaidar as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy. On September 21, Yeltsin issued an order suspending all powers of the Russian People's Congress and the Supreme Soviet, and announced that elections for The Russian Federation's new legislative power body, the Federal Assembly, would be held on December 11-12. These measures are undoubtedly aimed at destroying the power base of Hasbulatov and Rutskoy. Hasbulatov and Rutskoy responded. On September 3, the Russian Parliament passed a decision to veto the President's order to remove Vice President Rutski from office. On September 21, the Presidium of the Russian Parliament passed a letter to Russian citizens, repealing Yeltsin's order to suspend parliamentary powers, suspending Yeltsin's presidency, and announcing that Rutskoy would serve as acting president. On the same day, Rutskoy announced that he would take over as President of Russia and appointed General Acharov as Defense Minister. The next day, Barrannikov was appointed Minister of Security and Dunayev was appointed Acting Minister of Internal Affairs. Hasbulatov called for a national general strike. Since September 24, the Parliament Building has been surrounded by government military police, telephone contact with the outside world has been cut off, and all roads leading to the Parliament Building have also been blocked by government military police. Then, the government stopped supplying electricity and water to the Parliament Building. The newly established parliamentary armed group distributed weapons and ammunition to parliamentary security departments and volunteer security personnel in preparation for resistance. Armed conflict is imminent. In the face of intensified confrontation between the two sides, President of the Russian Constitutional Court Zorkin proposed a zero-point plan to resolve Russia's political crisis on September 24, suggesting that the President revoke the September 21 order to dissolve the People's Congress and the Supreme Soviet, and that the Parliament also revoke the relevant decisions to restore the situation to the status quo before September 21; at the same time, it is recommended that presidential and parliamentary elections be held simultaneously on December 21. This proposal has some political support. Alexis II, the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, also ran between Yeltsin and parliamentary leaders. Call on both sides to hold peace talks. Under pressure from all parties, the opposing parties resumed negotiations on October 1 to seek compromise. However, Hasbulatov, Rutskoi and some members of parliament firmly rejected Yeltsin's condition that "weapons must be surrendered unconditionally." On October 3, the situation further sharpened. Thousands of Moscow citizens who supported the parliament broke through layers of defense set up by police and special forces near the parliament building and held a rally in front of the parliament building. Then they attempted to occupy the Moscow City Government Building, the National Radio and Television Building and the Moscow Radio and Television Building. There was a fierce conflict between the two sides. After the negotiations broke down and the situation deteriorated, Yeltsin ordered government troops to attack the parliament building and quickly occupied it, thus ending the coexistence of the two regimes in Russian politics that had lasted for more than a year. Speaker Hasbulatov (first), Vice President Rutskoy (second) and others were arrested. The Russian Parliament building was burned and bloody clashes broke out. Former Speaker Hasbulatov (center) held a press conference at the Parliament Building. On September 25, bloodshed occurred in Moscow, and Yeltsin ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take over the Parliamentary Guard Bureau News raw data sources → https://www.abtool.cn/today_detail/1gnz.html 17WorldNews[2025.09.28-07:24] 访问:102
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