Miner's Strike Video

Perestroika from Below (1989)

In the days following the Miners' Stike of 1989, miners depose chairman of the Soviet-era union.

The Mine Pit (1991)

An exposé of life in a mining town during the strike of 1991.

ABC News on the Miners' Strike

Western news coverage of the miners' strike and the weakening of the Kremlin's power.

Miners of Donetsk (1950)

A post-war film showing the happy life of a mining town in the Donetsk region of the Ukrainian SSR.

1991

War in Karabakh Eltsin and Russian Sovereignty 500 Days Baltic Independence Shevardnadze Resigns Warsaw Pact Dissolves Miners’ Strike of 1991 March Referendum Nine Plus One Agreement The August Coup Ukrainian Independence The End of the Soviet Union