The 1993 Russian constitutional crisis was a political confrontation between President Boris Yeltsin and the Supreme Soviet, the parliament led by Ruslan Khasbulatov and the vice president Alexander Rutskoy, over the pace of economic reform and the division of power. Yeltsin issued a decree dissolving parliament, which the parliament declared illegal, and impeached him. Parliament's supporters, including hardline communists and nationalists, barricaded themselves in the White, the parliament building, and the confrontation became violent in early October, when armed supporters tried to seize the Ostankino television center. Yeltsin ordered tanks to shell the White House, which ended the revolt, and many people were killed. A new constitution, approved in a referendum in December, gave the president very wide powers.
Before and after
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- 13 September 1993Oslo Accords
- from 16 September 1993 to 27 September 1993Battle of Sukhumi
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- from 27 September 1993 to 7 August 1995Internal Bosniak conflict in Bosnian Krajina
- from 3 October 1993 to 4 October 1993Battle of Mogadishu
- 14 October 1993Birth of Charlie Kirk
- 31 October 1993Death of Federico Fellini
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