1993 Russian constitutional crisis
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| Date | 21 September 1993 - 4 October 1993 |
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| Location | Russia |
| Deaths | 147 |
| Description | The long political crisis erupted in an armed struggle |
In October 1993, the fate and future of the Russian state was decided in bloody clashes in Moscow. The long political crisis erupted in an armed struggle that claimed hundreds or, according to some sources, thousands of lives.[1]