![Kuzbass miners on strike](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol5%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0655%2F06%2F000006550620_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_RG1pdHJ5IEtvcm9iZWluaWtvdiAjNjU1MDYyMA%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-6550620-preview_33f7b261b7b1b8a8ddfaac4573905ea2.jpg)
![Kuzbass miners on strike](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol5%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0655%2F06%2F000006550620_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_RG1pdHJ5IEtvcm9iZWluaWtvdiAjNjU1MDYyMA%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-6550620-preview_33f7b261b7b1b8a8ddfaac4573905ea2.jpg)
The strikes by miners that started in 1989 became the first massive strikes in the Soviet Union. Members of regional strike committees during a meeting.
- Categories: Labour, Economy, Business & Finance, Unrest, Conflicts & War, Social Issues
- Location: Kemerovo, Kemerovo region, Russia
- Event date: 05.10.1989
- Date published: 20.05.2021
- Author: Dmitry Korobeinikov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 89-11886, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 3543x5301px, 5.3Mb