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![Kuzbass miners on strike](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol5%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0654%2F92%2F000006549208_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_RG1pdHJ5IEtvcm9iZWluaWtvdiAjNjU0OTIwOA%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-6549208-preview_8c095580280ae722e7894d8ddb56e495.jpg)
The strikes by miners that started in 1989 became the first massive strikes in the Soviet Union. Teimuraz Avaliani, Chairman of the Regional Council of Worker Committees, left, and Vladimir Lebedev, Second Secretary of the Kemerovo Regional Committee of the Soviet Communist Party.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Economy, Business & Finance, Labour, Social Issues, Politics
- Location: Kemerovo, Kemerovo region, Russia
- Event date: 17.07.1989
- Date published: 19.05.2021
- Author: Dmitry Korobeinikov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 89-11877, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 5346x3543px, 5.1Mb