Standoff between Soviet troops and rioters in Dushanbe, capital of the Tajik SSR in 1990 [1024 × 697]

Comments

1. DonSergio7

   In the course of two days in mid-February 1990, the ethnic riots claimed the lives of 26 people, injuring over 500.

2. ArminoKink

   All I see is armed soldiers blocking the path of peaceful civilians, not “rioters”…