June 1990 Mineriad
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The June 1990 Mineriad was the suppression of anti-National Salvation Front rioting in Bucharest, Romania by the physical intervention of groups of industrial workers as well as coal miners from the J
Ion Iliescu
Golaniad
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The Golaniad was a protest in Romania in the University Square, Bucharest. It was initiated by students and professors at the University of Bucharest.
June 1990 Mineriad
…participated in the protest in an attempt to seize power. The protesters eventually adopted the name golani and the movement came to be known as the Golaniad. After Iliescu and the FSN won a landslide victory in the elections of May 20, 1990, the opposition parties decided to disband the meeting. Only a small…
A rally in University Square, Bucharest, 1990
TR-85 tank in Bucharest in early 1990, during the Golaniad.