nerviovago: By sunrise on October 4 1993, the Russian army encircled the parliament building, and a
nerviovago: By sunrise on October 4 1993, the Russian army encircled the parliament building, and a few hours later army tanks began to shell the White House. Boris Yeltsin - Russia’s first democratic president - dissolved Parliament and shelled it when they refused to leave (1993) The crisis began in September, when President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the country’s legislature, dominated by conservatives who were resisting reforms. They voted to remove Yeltsin from the presidency through impeachment and barricaded themselves inside the White House. Mass demonstrations erupted on October 2. President Yeltsin ordered the situation to be resolved through force. Tanks shelled the White House, resulting in the surrender of the resisting legislators within. The crisis claimed at least 150 lives. -- source link