Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · TURNING POINT ·
Jeltoqsan protests in Alma-Ata (1986)
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16–18 Dec 1986 — When Moscow replaces Kazakhstan’s long-serving Kazakh party chief with a Russian from outside the republic, students protest in the capital’s main square and are broken up by troops. It was the first sign that glasnost would release national grievances.
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- Perestroika and glasnost (chapter 8 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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