1993 Storming of the White House in Moscow

25 years ago, on October 4, 1993, at 5 o'clock in the morning, Russian President Boris Yeltsin issued a decree "On urgent measures to ensure a state of emergency in Moscow." Troops were sent to the capital. By order of Yeltsin, an assault was made on the parliament building, which was fired upon from tank guns. Because of the fires, the defenders of the White House, led by Alexander Rutskoi and Ruslan Khasbulatov, surrendered.

On October 3 and 4, according to official figures, at least 124 people died in Moscow, not counting those who died from wounds, and at least 348 people were injured. According to representatives of the anti-Yeltsin opposition, announced by Duma deputy Viktor Ilyukhin, on October 4 alone, 249 people died, of which only 24 were servicemen or employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.