The background of Almaty event

Unexpectedly, the event developed rapidly. The time of the plenary session was 1986 16 in February, 17 at seven or eight o'clock in the morning. The first group of young people, mainly students from universities in the capital, appeared in the square in front of the CPC Central Committee building, holding slogans against the decision of the Central Plenary Session and expressing their dissatisfaction with Corbin's election.

1986 65438+February171:30, the demonstrators left the square and ran to the streets of the city. 13: 30, the youth team broke through the roadblocks built by trucks and returned to their original places. At this time, the parade has increased to 5000 people. Curious passers-by who did not participate in the parade around the city also began to gather in the square, and soon there were "reinforcements": a large group of young people came to the square from Heping Street, and about 600 people came from Kazakh University. They shouted word for word: "Abelli Bekov, Nazarbayev!" The marchers held placards: "Lenin is with the Party!" ""We-for Kazakhstan! Many people think this is a routine mass rally in support of reform, but other slogans-such as "Where is Kunayev?" -overturned the original idea. The marchers asked Kunayev to come out to see them and asked him about the harsh living conditions, housing difficulties and limited use of his mother tongue. These requirements are reflected in slogans written in Kazakh and Russian: "No nation should have any privileges" and "We must respect Lenin's principles of national policy!" "Long live Lenin Thought! "* * * and countries should have their own leaders! "The marchers were unarmed. They held high the statue of Lenin and sang folk songs. At this stage of the development of the incident, there was no attack on other nationalities; There is no call to overthrow the state system, and there is no hooliganism. The military and police have been ordered to block the square and are not allowed to enter or leave. There was a skirmish when the new procession tried to break through the blockade and enter the square. People in the square helped the new team break through the blockade, and a tense situation emerged. Interior Minister Volasov ordered the special forces of the Ministry of Interior to be sent to Almaty in eight cities across the country. The troops came to the square, equipped with bulletproof vests, helmets, shields and batons. The two special vehicles also have special equipment-smoke bombs, signal bombs and tear gas bombs "thick plum trees". Along with the soldiers, there are also a group of dogs on duty. From 15: 00 to 17: 00, members of the Executive Board of the Central Committee of Kazakhstan, Camaly Kanov, Minendebayev, Mukashev and Nazarbayev, have been standing on the observation deck of the square. They demanded the dissolution of parliament, but they were greeted by boos and whistles. Snowballs and ice cubes fly to the observation deck. * * * Mukashev, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic, delivered a speech at the rally, saying that the demands made by the demonstrators were unreasonable and called on everyone to dissolve.

None of this worked: the rally insulted the soldiers and students who were defending the viewing platform and took their hats. The police arrested the troublemakers from the crowd, and the crowd tried to take them back, so the physical conflict began. The soldiers were ordered to drive the crowd out of the square, but the crowd threw stones, bricks and plaster at them. Someone's hurt.

At this time, Camaly Janov, Ye Li Missoffe and Basarov on the viewing platform called on the assembly to disperse one by one, and warned that otherwise force would be used. Some famous cultural activists also made speeches. But these are useless. The crowd didn't listen to anyone, but insisted on one thing-driving Corbin away. The essence of all the demands boils down to one point-let Kazakhs replace Russians as the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Kazakhstan. Someone called on Kunayev to come back and suggested that Nazarbayev and Camaly Kanov join the leadership of the Republic. The conflict between the assembly and the law enforcement agencies gradually turned into a brutal battle. Then, the crowd gathered in the square began to shout and attack the Party Central Building in an attempt to break up the ranks of soldiers, police and border guards. The fighting is getting fiercer and fiercer. Sticks, steel bars and stones all came in handy. Soldiers were forced to use belts and batons. Crazy mobs burned several cars and smashed the windows of two shops. There are more and more people beating, smashing and looting. Efforts to appease the crowd failed. People were injured on both sides. Nor did he avoid death: the local TV station staff picketed Savage and was brutally beaten to death. A 16-year-old Russian boy was stabbed on a bus far from the square. He said some rude words to the flight attendant, and the man standing by stabbed him in the heart. Three days later, a Kazakh who was injured in a square fight died.