![Kuzbass miners on strike](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol5%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0655%2F06%2F000006550626_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_RG1pdHJ5IEtvcm9iZWluaWtvdiAjNjU1MDYyNg%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-6550626-preview_98cefcc706f63c604dea0e7f7aeeeafb.jpg)
![Kuzbass miners on strike](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol5%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0655%2F06%2F000006550626_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_RG1pdHJ5IEtvcm9iZWluaWtvdiAjNjU1MDYyNg%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-6550626-preview_98cefcc706f63c604dea0e7f7aeeeafb.jpg)
The strikes by miners that started in 1989 became the first massive strikes in the Soviet Union. Teimuraz Avaliani, Chairman of the Kuzbass Regional Council of Worker Committees.
- Categories: Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts & War, Economy, Business & Finance, Labour, Social Issues
- Location: Kemerovo, Kemerovo region, Russia
- Event date: 17.07.1989
- Date published: 20.05.2021
- Author: Dmitry Korobeinikov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 89-11885, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 3543x5370px, 5.5Mb